Title 408, LABOR

Sec. 16. A person shall not operate a carnival or amusement ride unless the owner obtained security against the owner's or operator's liability for injury suffered by individuals riding the carnival or amusement ride by 1 of the following methods: (a) By obtaining a policy of ins…

Sec. 17. (1) The department may suspend a permit issued under this act for any of the following reasons: (a) Upon inspection, the ride is determined to be hazardous or unsafe. (b) An inspection of a ride has been impeded, obstructed, or interfered with. (c) An owner fails to subm…

Sec. 18. (1) A rider of a carnival or amusement ride shall, at a minimum, do all of the following: (a) Obey the reasonable safety rules posted in accordance with this act and oral instructions for the carnival or amusement ride given by the operator or an employee or agent of the…

Sec. 19. (1) An operator shall display signs indicating the applicable rider safety responsibilities provided in section 18 and the location of stations to report injuries under section 20. The signs shall be located in all of the following locations: (a) Each station for reporti…

Sec. 19a. (1) On request, an owner shall, at no cost to the department, provide the department a copy of the manufacturer's operating instructions for a carnival or amusement ride owned by the owner and any written bulletins concerning the safety, operation, or maintenance of the…

Sec. 20. An owner or operator of a carnival or amusement ride shall immediately report to the department by telephone any accident in which a fatality occurs or an individual suffers a serious injury resulting from the structural or mechanical failure of a carnival or amusement r…

Sec. 1. The definitions in section 3 of the standard are applicable to this act, except where they conflict with definitions in this act.

Sec. 2. (1) "Approved" means that which the director designates as acceptable to the department. (2) "Board" means the elevator safety board. (3) "Department" means the department of labor. (4) "Director" means the director of labor or his duly designated representative. (5) "Div…

Sec. 3. (1) "Elevator" means the machinery, construction, apparatus, and equipment of an incline lift, escalator, moving walk, or device serving 2 or more landings used in raising and lowering a car, cage, or platform which is guided. The term includes a passenger elevator, freig…

Sec. 4. (1) "General inspector" means an individual who holds a general certificate of competency and is employed by this state as an elevator inspector or in an elevator inspection supervisory capacity. (2) "Incline lift" means an elevator that is designed and operated to transp…

Sec. 5. This act does not apply to or in any city, village or township having elevator inspection regulations under ordinances comparable to this act.

Sec. 6. (1) An elevator shall be constructed, equipped, maintained, repaired, and used with respect to the supporting members, car or platform, hoistways, guides, cables, doors and gates, safety stops and mechanisms, electrical apparatus and wiring, mechanical apparatus, counterw…

Sec. 7. (1) The elevator safety board consisting of 11 members is created, 1 of whose members is the director. The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, the other 10 members for terms of 4 years. The governor shall fill a vacancy on the board for the …

Sec. 8. (1) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To promulgate rules for the inspection, design, construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, and use of elevators in this state pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sect…

Sec. 9. The director shall enforce the provisions of this act and the rules promulgated by the board pursuant to this act and where, owning to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of these rules will result in unnecessary hardship or involve practical diffi…

Sec. 10. (1) A person is not authorized to serve as a general inspector unless he has had 3 years' experience in elevator construction or the equivalent as determined by the board, and holds a general certificate of competency issued by the director. A person is not authorized to…

Sec. 11. From the holders of special certificates of competency in the inspection of elevators, a company authorized to insure elevators in this state, may designate persons who are commissioned by the state to inspect elevators in the state covered by such company's policies. A …

Sec. 12. A person, firm or corporation who is to install, construct, repair, alter and maintain an elevator shall secure from the director an elevator contractor license. The license shall be issued by the director, after his receipt of an acceptable application in writing and of…

Sec. 13. A certificate of competency, commission or elevator contractor license shall be reissued upon receipt of an application by the director and payment of the renewal fee without another examination, when it is proven to the director's satisfaction that the document is lost …

Sec. 14. A certificate of competency, commission or elevator contractor license may be suspended or revoked by the director upon recommendation of the board for incompetence, neglect, misrepresentation or failure to comply with the requirements of this act, or with the rules made…

Sec. 14a. (1) An individual shall not install, construct, repair, alter, or maintain a residential stairway chairlift or residential platform lift unless that individual meets all of the following: (a) He or she is 1 of the following: (i) Certified by the manufacturer of the resi…

Sec. 15. (1) A person shall not install or alter an elevator without first obtaining a permit from the department. The department shall only issue a permit to a person that is licensed by the director as an elevator contractor. Elevator hoistway enclosures shall meet the requirem…

Sec. 16. (1) Fees for the following matters shall be determined by the board subject to section 15: (a) Commission. (b) Certificate of competency examination. (c) Elevator contractor license. (d) Contractor examination. (e) Permit, each elevator or device. (f) Certificate of oper…

Sec. 17. The director and his inspectors during reasonable hours may enter any premises within this state without hindrance for the purpose of examining equipment covered by this act in accordance with the rules promulgated by the board. The holder of a certificate of operation s…

Sec. 18. The director shall issue a certificate of operation annually in accordance with the rules promulgated by the board.

Sec. 19. A general inspector may seal an elevator out of service in accordance with the rules promulgated by the board or when any of the following conditions exist: (a) When in case of emergency, in the opinion of the general inspector, the elevator is in such condition as to re…

Sec. 20. (1) A person shall not smoke or carry lighted tobacco in any form in a passenger elevator in any building, structure, or premises in this state. A person who has control or management of any building, structure, or premises equipped with a passenger elevator shall not pe…

Sec. 21. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person, firm, or corporation who violates this act or a rule promulgated by the board, or who fails or neglects to pay the fees authorized in this act, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than $50.00, …

Sec. 22. A prosecution arising from a violation of the act repealed herein pending at the time this act becomes effective, or a prosecution which may be started within 1 year after the effective date of this act in consequence of any violation of the repealed act which was commit…

Sec. 23. Act No. 82 of the Public Acts of 1937, as amended, being sections 408.351 to 408.374 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.

Sec. 24. The membership of the board as now constituted shall continue to serve in accordance with their terms of office and the rules and fees heretofore established in Act No. 360 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being sections 408.364 and 408.365 of the Compiled Laws of…

Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "community and worker economic transition act".

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Department" means the department of labor and economic opportunity. (b) "Department director" means the director of the department. (c) "Municipality" means a city, township, or village.

Sec. 5. As used in this act: (a) "Office" means the community and worker economic transition office created in section 7. (b) "Office director" means the director of the office. (c) "Transition activities" means those activities in which transition workers may participate to avoi…

Sec. 7. (1) The community and worker economic transition office is created in the department. (2) The department director shall appoint the office director. The office director shall manage the operations of the office. (3) The office shall do all of the following: (a) Support an…

Sec. 9. (1) In developing the community and worker economic transition plan under section 7(3)(f), the office shall consider options to do all of the following: (a) Align and target local, state, and federal resources and leverage additional resources to invest in communities and…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Going pro talent fund act".

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Approved training plan" means a training plan submitted under section 7 that is approved by the department. (b) "Awardee" means a qualified employer that is awarded funds under this act. (c) "Department" means the department of talent and economi…

Sec. 5. (1) The Going pro talent fund is created within the state treasury. (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fu…

Sec. 7. (1) The department shall create and operate the Going pro talent program. The department shall work with the Michigan works agencies to implement the program. Michigan works agencies shall conduct outreach to inform employers of the program. (2) The purpose of the program…

Sec. 9. (1) Expenses for which program award may be used include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) The actual cost of classroom training, including instructor costs and instructional materials. (b) The actual cost of on-the-job training, including wage reimbursem…

Sec. 11. By March 15 each year, beginning in 2019, the department shall provide a written report regarding the program to the chairpersons of the standing committees and the appropriations subcommittees of the house of representatives and senate having jurisdiction over legislati…

Sec. 13. The department may promulgate rules to implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "improved workforce opportunity wage act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Commissioner" or "director" means the director of the department of labor and economic opportunity. (b) "Employ" means to engage, suffer, or permit to work. (c) "Employee" means an individual not less than 16 years of age employed by an employer …

Sec. 3. An employer shall not pay any employee at a rate that is less than prescribed in this act.