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MI SB0340
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to add a new definition of "compensation" including all employee earnings and benefits regardless of calculation method.
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Establishes equal pay requirement prohibiting employers from failing to provide compensation equally for work of comparable value based on composite skill, responsibility, effort, education or training, and working conditions.
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Clarifies that equal compensation requirement applies regardless of protected characteristics including religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, or marital status.
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Modifies language in Section 102 to allow individuals to bring actions for sex discrimination based on harassment and familial status discrimination before specified effective dates.
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Updates Section 103 definitions by renumbering subsections and clarifying that "compensation" encompasses all forms of employee earnings and benefits.
Legislative Description
Civil rights; employment discrimination; equal compensation for comparable work; require. Amends secs. 102, 103 & 202 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2102 et seq.).
Labor, hours and wages
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Economic Development
4/26/2011