April 21, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Brinks, Sarah Roberts, Derek Miller, Liberati, Darany, Faris, Chang, Plawecki, Pagan, Smiley, Greig, Chirkun, Hovey-Wright, Durhal, Gay-Dagnogo, Banks, Love, Geiss, Moss, Cochran, Zemke, Townsend, Hoadley, Brunner, LaVoy, Irwin, Dillon, Garrett, Wittenberg, Guerra, Driskell and Singh and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade.
A bill to amend 2014 PA 138, entitled
"Workforce opportunity wage act,"
by amending section 13 (MCL 408.423).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 13. (1) An employer having employees subject to this act
shall
not discriminate between employees within an establishment on
the basis of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex,
sexual orientation, height, weight, familial status, or marital
status by paying wages to employees in the
establishment at a rate
less
than the rate at which the employer pays wages to employees of
the
opposite sex for equal an
employee of another religion, race,
color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, height,
weight, familial status, or marital status for work on jobs, the
performance
of which requires equal equivalent
skill, effort, and
responsibility
and that is performed under similar comparable
working conditions, except if the payment is made under 1 or more
of the following:
(a) A seniority system.
(b) A merit system.
(c) A system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of
production.
(d)
A differential based on a factor other than sex.bona fide,
job-related factor, such as job-related education, training,
experience, or market conditions, and not on religion, race, color,
national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, height, weight,
familial status, or marital status.
(2) An employer that is paying a wage differential in
violation of this section shall not reduce the wage rate of an
employee to comply with this section.
(3) For purposes of administration and enforcement, any amount
owing to an employee that has been withheld in violation of this
section is considered unpaid minimum wages under this act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.