Title 408, LABOR

Sec. 4d. (1) The minimum hourly wage rate of an employee must be established as provided for under subsection (2) if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The employee receives gratuities in the course of the employee's employment. (b) The gratuities described in subdivisi…

Sec. 5. (1) The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, a wage deviation board composed of 3 representatives of the employers, 3 representatives of the employees, and 3 persons representing the public. One of the 3 persons representing the public shall …

Sec. 6. The commissioner may promulgate rules necessary for administration of this act under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

Sec. 7. An employer who is subject to this act or any regulation or order issued under this act shall furnish each employee with a statement of the hours worked by the employee and of the wages paid to the employee, listing deductions made each pay period. The employer shall furn…

Sec 8. The commissioner shall administer and enforce this act and, at the request of the wage deviation board, may investigate and ascertain the wages of employees of an employer subject to this act. The commissioner and the commissioner's employees shall not reveal facts or info…

Sec. 9. (1) If an employer violates this act, the employee affected by the violation, at any time within 3 years, may do any of the following: (a) Bring a civil action for the recovery of the difference between the amount paid and the amount that, but for the violation, would hav…

Sec. 10. (1) This act does not apply to an employer that is subject to the minimum wage provisions of the fair labor standards act of 1938, 29 USC 201 to 219, unless the application of those federal minimum wage provisions to the employer would result in a lower minimum hourly wa…

Sec. 11. An employer that discharges or in any other manner discriminates against an employee because the employee has served or is about to serve on the wage deviation board or has testified or is about to testify before the board, or because the employer believes that the emplo…

Sec. 12. Any employer that consistently discharges employees within 10 weeks of their employment and replaces the discharged employees without work stoppage is presumed to have discharged them to evade payment of the wage rates established in this act and is guilty of a misdemean…

Sec. 13. (1) An employer having employees subject to this act shall not discriminate between employees within an establishment on the basis of sex 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 o…

Sec. 14. An employer operating a massage establishment as defined in section 2 of former 1974 PA 251 that violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

Sec. 15. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), this act shall supersede any acts or parts of acts inconsistent with or in conflict with this act, but only to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. (2) This act does not repeal, abrogate, amend, limit, modify, supersede,…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "earned sick time act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Department" means the department of labor and economic opportunity. (b) "Director" means the director of the department or the director's designee. (c) "Domestic partner" means an adult in a committed relationship with another adult, including bo…

Sec. 3. (1) An employer shall provide earned sick time to each of the employer's employees in this state. (2) Except as otherwise provided in section 12, this subsection, and subsection (4), an employee of a small business must accrue a minimum of 1 hour of paid earned sick time …

Sec. 3a. An employer that makes contributions to a multiemployer plan as described in section 3(7)(b) shall not require an employee to wait until 120 calendar days after commencing employment with that employer before using unused accrued earned sick time and nonforfeited paid si…

Sec. 4. (1) An employer shall allow an employee to use the earned sick time accrued or provided under section 3 for any of the following purposes: (a) The employee's mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of the employee's m…

Sec. 5. (1) If an employee is transferred to a separate division, entity, or location, but remains employed by the same employer, the employee retains all earned sick time that was accrued at the prior division, entity, or location and may use all accrued earned sick time as prov…

Sec. 6. (1) An employer or any other person shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right protected under this act. (2) An employer shall not take retaliatory personnel action or discriminate against an employee because the emp…

Sec. 7. (1) If an employer violates this act, the employee affected by the violation, at any time not later than 3 years after the violation, may file a claim with the department. The department shall investigate the claim. (2) The director shall enforce the provisions of this ac…

Sec. 8. (1) An employer subject to this act shall provide written notice to each employee at the time of hiring or not later than 30 days the effective date of the 2025 amendatory act that amended this section, whichever is later, including, but not limited to, all of the followi…

Sec. 9. The department shall develop and implement a multilingual outreach program to inform employees, parents, and persons who are under the care of a health care provider about the availability of earned sick time under this act. This program must include distribution of notic…

Sec. 10. An employer shall retain for not less than 3 years records documenting the hours worked and earned sick time taken by employees. To monitor compliance with the requirements of this act, an employer shall allow the department access to those records, with appropriate noti…

Sec. 11. (1) This act provides minimum requirements pertaining to earned sick time and shall not be construed to preempt, limit, or otherwise affect the applicability of any other law, regulation, requirement, policy, or standard, including a collective bargaining agreement, that…

Sec. 12. (1) If an employer's employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement in effect on the effective date of this act and the collective bargaining agreement conflicts with this act, this act applies beginning on the stated expiration date in the collective bargain…

Sec. 13. The director may promulgate rules in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, as necessary to administer this act.

Sec. 14. If any portion of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be found to be invalid by a court, such invalidity shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the other portions or applications of the act that can be given effect without the invali…

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Department" means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. (b) "Employ" means to engage or permit to work. (c) "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer. (d) "Employer" means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership…

Sec. 2. (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3), and (4), an employer shall pay the following to an employee: (a) On or before the first day of each calendar month, the wages earned by the employee during the first 15 days of the preceding calendar month. (b) On or before the fifteen…

Sec. 3. An employer shall pay fringe benefits to or on behalf of an employee in accordance with the terms set forth in the written contract or written policy.

Sec. 4. An employer shall not withhold a payment of compensation due an employee as a fringe benefit to be paid at a termination date unless the withholding is agreed upon by written contract or a signed statement obtained with the full and free consent of the employee without in…

Sec. 5. (1) An employer shall pay to an employee voluntarily leaving employment all wages earned and due, as soon as the amount can with due diligence be determined. However, an employer shall pay all wages earned and due to an employee engaged in any phase of the hand harvesting…

Sec. 6. (1) An employer or agent of an employer may pay wages to an employee by any of the following methods that protect the earnings of the employee from garnishment as required by 15 USC 1673 to the same extent they would be exempt while held by the employer: (a) Payment in Un…

Sec. 7. (1) Except for those deductions required or expressly permitted by law or by a collective bargaining agreement, an employer shall not deduct from the wages of an employee, directly or indirectly, any amount including an employee contribution to a separate segregated fund …

Sec. 8. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an employer, agent or representative of an employer, or other person having authority from the employer to hire, employ, or direct the services of other persons in the employment of the employer shall not demand or rece…

Sec. 9. (1) An employer shall maintain a record for each employee which indicates the employee's name, address, birth date, occupation or classification in which employed, total basic rate of pay, total hours worked in each pay period, total wages paid each pay period, a separate…

Sec. 10. (1) An employer shall pay fringe benefits pursuant to this section on behalf of a deceased employee as designated by the terms set forth in the written contract, written policy, or written plan. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), an employer shall pay the wages an…

Sec. 11. (1) An employee who believes that his or her employer has violated this act may file a written complaint with the department within 12 months after the alleged violation. A complaint filed under section 13(2) shall be filed within 30 days after the alleged violation occu…

Sec. 11a. The director of the department may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states, Canada, or a Canadian province or territory for the collection of claims for wages, fringe benefits, and penalties assessed under section 18.

Sec. 12. The department may promulgate rules pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, to implement and administer this act.

Sec. 13. (1) An employer shall not discharge an employee or discriminate against an employee because the employee filed a complaint, instituted or caused to be instituted a proceeding under or regulated by this act, testified or is about to testify in a proceeding, or because of …

Sec. 13a. (1) An employer shall not do any of the following: (a) Require as a condition of employment nondisclosure by an employee of his or her wages. (b) Require an employee to sign a waiver or other document which purports to deny an employee the right to disclose his or her w…

Sec. 14. An employer who violates this act, including failure to pay the wages and fringe benefits due an employee as provided in this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 15. An employer who, with intent to defraud, fails to make payment of the wages and fringe benefits due an employee as provided in this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.

Sec. 16. (1) An employer who issues a check or other order for the payment of wages and who, at the time of issuance, knows or should know that the check or other order shall not be paid, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment…

Sec. 17. The department shall be the trustee for the employee in proceedings under this act, and shall distribute and account for funds collected.