HOUSE BILL No. 5329

 

 

December 6, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Durhal, Elder, Sabo, Green, Brinks, Greimel, Faris, Singh, Sowerby, Love, Hertel, Lasinski, Geiss, Wittenberg, Zemke, Schor, Pagan, Chirkun, Phelps, Cochran, Yancey and Chang and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 390, entitled

 

"An act to regulate the time and manner of payment of wages and

fringe benefits to employees; to prescribe rights and

responsibilities of employers and employees, and the powers and

duties of the department of labor; to require keeping of records;

to provide for settlement of disputes regarding wages and fringe

benefits; to prohibit certain practices by employers; to prescribe

penalties and remedies; and to repeal certain acts and parts of

acts,"

 

by amending section 14 (MCL 408.484).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 14. (1) An Except as provided in subsection (2), an

 

employer who that violates this act , including that failure to pay

 

the wages and fringe benefits due an employee as provided in this

 

act, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

 

     (2) An employer that violates section 13 for a second or

 


subsequent time is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment

 

for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00 for

 

each violation, or both.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.