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• Executive Reorganization Order No. 1966-1; Implementing The Order Of The State Insurance Commissioner To Hospital Service Corporations Requiring A Non-Discrimination Agreement In Contracts With Participating Hospitals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.101
  WHEREAS on September 21, 1966 David J. Dykhouse, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Michigan did issue an order requiring the Michigan Hospital ...
• Transfer Of Powers And Duties Of The Michigan Women's Commission, Indian Affairs Commission, Commission On Spanish-Speaking Affairs, And Office Of Spanish-Speaking Affairs To The Director Of The Department Of Civil Rights - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.111
  WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 empowers the Governor to make changes in the organization ...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.201
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "polygraph protection act of 1981". History: 1982, Act 44, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983 ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.202
  As used in this act: (a) "Employee" means an individual who works for another person for compensation. (b) "Employer" means a person who employs ...
• Employer Or Employment Agency; Prohibited Conduct; Voluntary Request For Examination By Employee; Requirements And Prohibitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.203
  (1) Except as provided in this section, an employer or employment agency shall not as a condition of employment, promotion, or change in status of ...
• Employer Or Employment Agency; Prohibited Action Against Employee Or Applicant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.204
  An employer or employment agency shall not take any action against an employee or applicant for employment based upon an alleged or actual opinion ...
• Confidentiality - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.205
  An employer or employment agency shall not share with any other person information which communicates the results or analysis of an employee's or applicant's ...
• Information Obtained From Employee Or Applicant During Examination; Inadmissibility In Criminal Proceeding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.206
  Any information obtained from an employee or applicant for employment during a polygraph examination shall not be admissible in a criminal proceeding. History: 1982, ...
• Action For Injunctive Relief Or Damages; Damages For Injury Or Loss; Attorney's Fees; Damages For Discharge In Violation Of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.207
  (1) A person alleging a violation of this act may bring an action for injunctive relief or damages, or both. (2) For purposes of this ...
• Violation; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.208
  A person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or by imprisonment for ...
• Conditional Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.209
  This act shall not take effect unless the following House Bills of the 81st Legislature are enacted into law: (a) House Bill No. 4403. ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.251
  As used in this act: (a) "Local governmental unit" means a school district, intermediate school district, city, village, township, county, authority, or other political ...
• Delivery Of Envelope Or Package With Personal Information Visible Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.252
  A state agency or a local governmental unit shall not deliver or cause to be delivered an envelope or package on the outside of ...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1101
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "persons with disabilities civil rights act". History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, ...
• Opportunity Guaranteed; Civil Right; Accommodation Of Person With Disability; Undue Hardship - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1102
  (1) The opportunity to obtain employment, housing, and other real estate and full and equal utilization of public accommodations, public services, and educational facilities without ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1103
  As used in this act: (a) "Alcoholic liquor" means that term as defined in section 105 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1201
  As used in this article: (a) "Employee" does not include an individual employed in domestic service of any person. (b) "Employer" means a person ...
• Employer; Prohibited Conduct; Exceptions; Access To Genetic Information - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1202
  (1) Except as otherwise required by federal law, an employer shall not: (a) Fail or refuse to hire, recruit, or promote an individual because of ...
• Employment Agency; Prohibited Conduct - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1203
  An employment agency shall not fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise discriminate against an individual because of a disability or classify ...
• Labor Organization; Prohibited Conduct - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1204
  A labor organization shall not: (a) Exclude or expel from membership, or otherwise discriminate against a member or applicant for membership because of a ...
• Apprenticeship, On The Job, Or Other Training Or Retraining Programs; Discrimination Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1205
  An employer, labor organization, or joint labor management committee controlling apprenticeship, on the job, or other training or retraining programs shall not discriminate against ...
• Prohibited Notices, Advertisements, Inquiries, Applications, And Records - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1206
  (1) An employer, labor organization, or employment agency shall not print or publish or cause to be printed or published a notice or advertisement relating ...
• Repealed. 1980, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1981 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1207
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to exemptions. ...
• Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1208
  A person subject to this article may adopt and carry out a plan to eliminate present effects of past discriminatory practices or assure equal ...
• Contract To Which State A Party; Covenant Not To Discriminate Against Employee Or Applicant For Employment; Breach - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1209
  A contract to which this state, or a political subdivision, or an agency of this state or of a political subdivision of this state ...
• Burden Of Proof; Cost Of Accommodation As Undue Hardship; Reduction Of Limitations; Restructuring Job Or Altering Schedule; Applicability Of Subsections (2) To (16); Violation; Notices - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1210
  (1) In an action brought pursuant to this article for a failure to accommodate, the person with a disability shall bear the burden of proof. ...
• Powers Of Person Under Article - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1211
  A person may, under this article, do 1 or more of the following: (a) Establish employment policies, programs, procedures, or work rules regarding the ...
• Education And Training Programs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1212
  The department of civil rights shall offer education and training programs to employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies to assist employers, labor organizations, and ...
• Article Not In Conflict With Civil Rights Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1213
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to conflict with the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act, Act No. 453 of the Public Acts of 1976, ...
• Accommodation Not Construed As Preferential Treatment Or Employee Benefit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1214
  For purposes of this act, an accommodation required under this article shall not be construed to be preferential treatment or an employee benefit. History: ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1301
  As used in this article: (a) "Place of public accommodation" means a business, educational institution, refreshment, entertainment, recreation, health, or transportation facility of any ...
• Prohibited Conduct - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1302
  Except where permitted by law, a person shall not: (a) Deny an individual the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, ...
• Exemptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1303
  This article shall not apply to a private club, or other establishment not in fact open to the public, except to the extent that ...
• "Educational Institution" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1401
  As used in this article, "educational institution" means a public or private institution or a separate school or department of a public or private ...
• Educational Institution; Prohibited Conduct - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1402
  An educational institution shall not do any of the following: (a) Discriminate in any manner in the full utilization of or benefit from the ...
• Educational Institution; Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1403
  An educational institution may adopt and carry out a plan to eliminate present effects of past discriminatory practices or assure equal opportunity with respect ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1501
  As used in this article: (a) "Housing accommodation" includes improved or unimproved real property, or a part thereof, which is used or occupied, or ...
• Owners, Persons Engaging In Real Estate Transactions, Real Estate Brokers, And Real Estate Salesmen; Prohibited Conduct - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1502
  (1) An owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or a real estate broker or salesman shall not, on the basis ...
• Certain Rentals Excepted From S 37.1502 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1503
  Section 502 shall not apply to the rental of a housing accommodation in a building which contains housing accommodations for not more than 2 ...
• Financial Assistance Or Financing; Prohibited Conduct - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1504
  A person shall not discriminate on the basis of disability in making or purchasing loans for acquiring, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining real property, ...
• Information As To Applicant's Credit Worthiness - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1505
  Nothing in this article shall be considered to prohibit an owner, lender, or his or her agent from requiring that an applicant who seeks ...
• Prohibited Representations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1506
  A person shall not represent, for the purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which he or she may benefit financially or otherwise, ...
• Real Estate Transaction; Prohibited Conduct; "Covered Multifamily Dwellings" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1506a
  (1) A person shall not do any of the following in connection with a real estate transaction: (a) Refuse to permit, at the expense of ...
• Person Subject To Article; Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1507
  A person subject to this article may adopt and carry out a plan to eliminate present effects of past discriminatory practices or assure equal ...
• Administration Of Act; Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1601
  This act shall be administered by the civil rights commission. The commission may promulgate rules to carry out this act pursuant to Act No. ...
• Prohibited Conduct - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1602
  A person or 2 or more persons shall not do the following: (a) Retaliate or discriminate against a person because the person has opposed ...
• Adjustment Order; Violation Of Terms Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1603
  A person shall not violate the terms of an adjustment order made under this act. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ...
• Other Acts Not Invalidated - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1604
  Nothing in this act shall be interpreted as invalidating any other act that establishes or provides programs or services for persons with disabilities. History: ...
• Complaints - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1605
  A complaint alleging an act prohibited by this act shall be subject to the same procedures as a complaint alleging an unfair employment practice ...
• Civil Action; Commencement; "Damages" Defined; Compensation For Lost Wages; Notice As Condition To Bringing Civil Action; Applicability Of Subsection (5) - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1606
  (1) A person alleging a violation of this act may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief or damages, or both. (2) An action ...
• Diminishment Of Rights Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.1607
  This act shall not diminish the right of a person to seek direct and immediate legal or equitable remedies in the courts of this ...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2101
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Elliott-Larsen civil rights act". History: 1976, Act 453, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- ...
• Recognition And Declaration Of Civil Right; Action Arising Out Of Discrimination Based On Sex Or Familial Status - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2102
  (1) The opportunity to obtain employment, housing and other real estate, and the full and equal utilization of public accommodations, public service, and educational facilities ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2103
  As used in this act: (a) "Age" means chronological age except as otherwise provided by law. (b) "Commission" means the civil rights commission established ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2201
  As used in this article: (a) "Employer" means a person who has 1 or more employees, and includes an agent of that person. (b) ...
• Employer; Prohibited Practices; Construction; Nonapplicability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2202
  (1) An employer shall not do any of the following: (a) Fail or refuse to hire or recruit, discharge, or otherwise discriminate against an individual ...
• Designation Of Racial Or Ethnic Classifications In Writing Developed By Employer; Transmission Of Information To Federal Agency; "Writing" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2202a
  (1) An employer shall do both of the following if that employer lists racial or ethnic classifications in a writing developed or printed 90 or ...
• Employment Agency; Prohibited Practices Generally - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2203
  An employment agency shall not fail or refuse to procure, refer, recruit, or place for employment, or otherwise discriminate against, an individual because of ...
• Labor Organization; Prohibited Practices Generally - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2204
  A labor organization shall not: (a) Exclude or expel from membership, or otherwise discriminate against, a member or applicant for membership because of religion, ...
• Employer, Labor Organization, Or Joint Labor-Management Committee; Training Programs; Prohibited Practices - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2205
  An employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling an apprenticeship, on the job, or other training or retraining program, shall not discriminate against ...
• Employer, Employment Agency, Or Labor Organization; Record Of Information Regarding Misdemeanor Arrest, Detention, Or Disposition; Failure To Recite Or Acknowledge Information; "Law Enforcement Agency" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2205a
  (1) An employer, employment agency, or labor organization, other than a law enforcement agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state, shall ...
• Repealed. 1982, Act 45, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2205b
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to announcing availability of polygraph examination. ...
• Employer, Labor Organization, Or Employment Agency; Prohibited Practices - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2206
  (1) An employer, labor organization, or employment agency shall not print, circulate, post, mail, or otherwise cause to be published a statement, advertisement, notice, or ...
• Individual Seeking Employment; Prohibited Practices - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2207
  An individual seeking employment shall not publish or cause to be published a notice or advertisement that specifies or indicates the individual's religion, race, ...
• Application For Exemption; Bona Fide Occupational Qualification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2208
  A person subject to this article may apply to the commission for an exemption on the basis that religion, national origin, age, height, weight, ...
• Covenants - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2209
  A contract to which the state, a political subdivision, or an agency thereof is a party shall contain a covenant by the contractor and ...
• Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2210
  A person subject to this article may adopt and carry out a plan to eliminate present effects of past discriminatory practices or assure equal ...
• Different Standards Of Compensation; Different Terms, Conditions, Or Privileges Of Employment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2211
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to apply different standards of compensation, ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2301
  As used in this article: (a) "Place of public accommodation" means a business, or an educational, refreshment, entertainment, recreation, health, or transportation facility, or ...
• Public Accommodations Or Services; Prohibited Practices - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2302
  Except where permitted by law, a person shall not: (a) Deny an individual the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, ...
• Applicability To Private Club - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2302a
  (1) This section applies to a private club that is defined as a place of public accommodation pursuant to section 301(a). (2) If a private ...
• Exemptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2303
  This article shall not apply to a private club, or other establishment not in fact open to the public, except to the extent that ...
• Violation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2304
  Within 30 days after a determination by the commission that a place of public accommodation that holds a license issued by the liquor control ...
• Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2401
  As used in this article, "educational institution" means a public or private institution, or a separate school or department thereof, and includes an academy, ...
• Educational Institution; Prohibited Practices - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2402
  An educational institution shall not do any of the following: (a) Discriminate against an individual in the full utilization of or benefit from the ...
• Designation Of Racial Or Ethnic Classification In Writing Developed By Educational Institution; Transmission Of Information To Federal Agency; "Writing" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2402a
  (1) An educational institution shall do both of the following if that educational institution lists racial or ethnic classifications in a writing developed or printed ...
• Religious Educational Institution; Exemption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2403
  The provisions of section 402 related to religion shall not apply to a religious educational institution or an educational institution operated, supervised, or controlled ...
• Private Educational Institution; Exemption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2404
  The provisions of section 402 relating to sex shall not apply to a private educational institution not exempt under section 403, which now or ...
• Single-Gender School, Class, Or Program; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2404a
  (2) As used in this section, "school district", "intermediate school district", and "public school academy" mean those terms as defined in the revised school code, ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2501
  As used in this article: (a) "Real property" includes a building, structure, mobile home, real estate, land, mobile home park, trailer park, tenement, leasehold, ...
• Persons Engaging In Real Estate Transactions, Real Estate Brokers, Or Real Estate Salesmen; Prohibited Practices; Section Subject To S 37.2503 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2502
  (1) A person engaging in a real estate transaction, or a real estate broker or salesman, shall not on the basis of religion, race, color, ...
• Nonapplicability Of S 37.2502; "Immediate Family" Defined; Information Relative To Marital Status - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2503
  (1) Section 502 does not apply to any of the following: (a) The rental of a housing accommodation in a building that contains housing accommodations ...
• Application For Financial Assistance Or Financing; Prohibited Practices; Nonapplicability Of S 37.2504(1)(B) - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2504
  (1) A person to whom application is made for financial assistance or financing in connection with a real estate transaction or in connection with the ...
• Condition, Restriction, Or Prohibition Limiting Use Or Occupancy Of Real Property; Exceptions; Inserting Or Honoring Void Provision - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2505
  (1) A condition, restriction, or prohibition, including a right of entry or possibility of reverter, that directly or indirectly limits the use or occupancy of ...
• Real Estate Transactions; Prohibited Representations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2506
  A person shall not represent, for the purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which the person may benefit financially, that a change ...
• Use By Landlord Of Reasonable Accommodations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2506a
  This article does not preclude the use by a landlord of reasonable accommodations as required by section 102(2) of the Michigan handicappers' civil rights ...
• Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2507
  A person subject to this article may adopt and carry out a plan to eliminate present effects of past discriminatory practices or assure equal ...
• Commission; Powers And Duties Generally; Quorum; Vacancy; Compensation And Expenses; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice; Availability Of Certain Writings To Public - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2601
  (1) The commission shall: (a) Maintain a principal office in the city of Lansing and other offices within the state as it considers necessary. (b) ...
• Department; Powers And Duties Generally - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2602
  The department shall: (a) Be responsible to the executive director, who shall be the principal executive officer of the department and shall be responsible ...
• Repealed. 1992, Act 258, Eff. Dec. 8, 1994 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2602a
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to business conducted with the state or an agency, requests for review of equal employment opportunity practices, and ...
• Complaint; Petition For Temporary Relief Or Restraining Order; Notice Of Pendency Of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2603
  At any time after a complaint is filed, the department may file a petition in the circuit court for the county in which the ...
• Findings Of Fact And Conclusions Of Law; Final Order Dismissing Complaint; Copies Of Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2604
  If the commission, after a hearing on a charge issued by the department, determines that the respondent has not engaged in a discriminatory practice ...
• Findings Of Fact And Conclusions Of Law; Cease And Desist Order; Amendment Of Pleadings; Findings And Order Based Thereon; Copies Of Order; Scope Of Action Ordered; Certification Of Violation To Licensing Or Contracting Agency - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2605
  (1) If the commission, after a hearing on a charge issued by the department, determines that the respondent has violated this act or the handicappers' ...
• Appeals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2606
  (1) A complainant and a respondent shall have a right of appeal from a final order of the commission, including cease and desist orders and ...
• Prohibited Conduct - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2701
  Two or more persons shall not conspire to, or a person shall not: (a) Retaliate or discriminate against a person because the person has ...
• Violation Of Order Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2702
  A person shall not violate the terms of an order or an adjustment order made under this act. History: 1976, Act 453, Eff. Mar. ...
• Revocation Or Suspension Of License - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2703
  If a certification is made pursuant to section 605(3), the licensing agency may take appropriate action to revoke or suspend the license of the ...
• Termination Of Contract - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2704
  Upon receiving a certification made under section 605(4), a contracting agency shall take appropriate action to terminate a contract or portion thereof previously entered ...
• Construction Of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2705
  (1) This act shall not be construed as preventing the commission from securing civil rights guaranteed by law other than the civil rights set forth ...
• Action For Injunctive Relief Or Damages; Venue; "Damages" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2801
  (1) A person alleging a violation of this act may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief or damages, or both. (2) An action ...
• Costs Of Litigation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2802
  A court, in rendering a judgment in an action brought pursuant to this article, may award all or a portion of the costs of ...
• Legal Or Equitable Remedies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2803
  This act shall not be construed to diminish the right of a person to direct or immediate legal or equitable remedies in the courts ...
• Repeal Of SS 423.301 To 423.311, 37.1 To 37.9, And 564.101 To 564.704 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2804
  Act No. 251 of the Public Acts of 1955, as amended, being sections 423.301 to 423.311 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, Act No. ...
• Transfer Of Powers And Duties Of The Michigan Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Commission From The Department Of Management And Budget To The Department Of Civil Rights By A Type Ii Transfer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 37.2901
  WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 empowers the Governor to make changes in the organization ...

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