2025 House Bill 4409

Labor: fair employment practices; written job descriptions; require employers to create and disclose to job applicants and certain employees, and establish sanctions and remedies for a violation.

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 the title and section 18 (MCL 408.488), the title as amended by 1982 PA 524, and by adding section 9a.

Official record

Introduced in the House

April 29, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Erin Byrnes (D-15) and 38 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Jason Morgan (D-23), Reggie Miller (D-31), Veronica Paiz (D-10), Joey Andrews (D-38), Julie Rogers (D-41), Julie Brixie (D-73), Alabas Farhat (D-3), Kristian Grant (D-82), Brenda Carter (D-53), Natalie Price (D-6), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Mike McFall (D-14), John Fitzgerald (D-83), Jasper Martus (D-69), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Stephanie Young (D-16), Tyrone Carter (D-1), Betsy Coffia (D-103), Matt Koleszar (D-22), Regina Weiss (D-5), Tonya Myers Phillips (D-7), Jason Hoskins (D-18), Noah Arbit (D-20), Helena Scott (D-8), Stephen Wooden (D-81), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Matt Longjohn (D-40), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Kelly Breen (D-21), Kara Hope (D-74), Laurie Pohutsky (D-17), Carol Glanville (D-84), Donavan McKinney (D-11), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Carrie Rheingans (D-47) and Morgan Foreman (D-33)

Referred to the Committee on Economic Competitiveness