MI HB5130

Prohibits employers from demanding fees, gifts, or other remuneration from employees as a condition of employment, with exceptions for licensed employment agencies and law enforcement agencies with signed loan forgiveness agreements.

Allows law enforcement agencies to collect repayment for training academy costs if an employee voluntarily leaves within specified timeframes: 100% if leaving within 1 year, 75% if 1-2 years, 50% if 2-3 years, 25% if 3-4 years, and 10% if 4-5 years after academy completion.

Requires loan forgiveness agreements to specify that employers cannot collect repayment if they terminate an employee on nondisciplinary grounds or lay off an employee due to budget cuts within 5 years of academy completion.

Allows employers to waive repayment requirements if an employee leaves due to a critical incident (sudden, emotionally powerful event outside normal experience) and provides documentation of mental health treatment for that incident.

Defines "critical incident," "law enforcement agency," and "law enforcement training academy" by reference to the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards Act.