June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Geiss, Love, Rabhi, Hertel, Neeley, Moss, Lasinski, Garrett, Chang, Green, Pagan and Santana and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled
"Elliott-Larsen civil rights act,"
by amending section 202 (MCL 37.2202), as amended by 2009 PA 190.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 202. (1) An employer shall not do any of the following:
(a) Fail or refuse to hire or recruit, discharge, or otherwise
discriminate against an individual with respect to employment,
compensation, or a term, condition, or privilege of employment,
because of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex,
height,
weight, or marital status,
or ethnic hairstyle.
(b) Limit, segregate, or classify an employee or applicant for
employment in a way that deprives or tends to deprive the employee
or
applicant of an employment opportunity
, or otherwise adversely
affects
the status of an the employee or applicant because of
religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight,
or
marital status, or ethnic hairstyle.
(c)
Segregate, classify, or otherwise discriminate against a
person
an individual on the basis of sex with respect to a term,
condition, or privilege of employment, including, but not limited
to, a benefit plan or system.
(d) Treat an individual affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or
a related medical condition differently for any employment-related
purpose from another individual who is not so affected but similar
in ability or inability to work, without regard to the source of
any condition affecting the other individual's ability or inability
to work. For purposes of this subdivision, a medical condition
related to pregnancy or childbirth does not include nontherapeutic
abortion not intended to save the life of the mother.
(2) This section does not prohibit the establishment or
implementation of a bona fide retirement policy or system that is
not a subterfuge to evade the purposes of this section.
(3) This section does not apply to the employment of an
individual by his or her parent, spouse, or child.