2025 House Bill 4318

Labor: fair employment practices; penalty for wage and fringe benefit payment violations with the intent to defraud; increase.

A bill to amend 1978 PA 390, entitled “An act to regulate the time and manner of payment of wages and fringe benefits to employees; to prescribe rights and responsibilities of employers and employees, and the powers and duties of the department of labor; to require keeping of records; to provide for settlement of disputes regarding wages and fringe benefits; to prohibit certain practices by employers; to prescribe penalties and remedies; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 15 (MCL 408.485).

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House Bills 4318 and 4319 amends the 1978 PA 390 to introduce a tiered penalty system for employers who fail to pay due wages and benefits, with penalties escalating based on the value of unpaid amounts, and takes effect 90 days after enactment.