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• Repealed - Workmen's Compensation Commission (408.1 - 408.33) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Transfer of Michigan Strategic Fund as an Autonomous Entity in the Department of Management and Budget; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Certain Economic and Development Programs and Functions to the Michigan Strategic Fund; Provisions Applicable to Michigan Economic Development Corporation; Creation and Transfer of Certain Programs and Functions to the Department of Career Development - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.40
  408.40 Transfer of Michigan strategic fund as an autonomous entity in the department of management and budget; transfer of powers and duties of certain...
• Office of Economic Opportunity; Transfer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.41
  408.41 Office of economic opportunity; transfer. WHEREAS, Executive Order 1965-7 established the Michigan Economic Opportunity Office within the Executive Office of the Governor; and...
• Transfer of Michigan Manpower Planning Council to Department of Labor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.42
  408.42 Transfer of Michigan manpower planning council to department of labor. WHEREAS, Executive Order 1971-8 established the Michigan Manpower Planning Council within the Executive...
• Transfer of Governor's Office for Job Training to Department of Labor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.43
  408.43 Transfer of governor's office for job training to department of labor. WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2, of the Michigan Constitution of 1963 empowers...
• Repealed - Executive Reorganization Order (408.44 - 408.44) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - Executive Reorganization Order (408.45 - 408.45) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - Executive Reorganization Order (408.46 - 408.46) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - Executive Reorganization Order (408.47 - 408.47) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Transfer of Powers and Duties of Michigan Jobs Commission to New Principal State Department Named the Michigan Jobs Commission; Transfer of Certain Powers and Duties of Departments of Education, Social Services, and Commerce to New Michigan Jobs Commission; Establish Governor's Workforce Commission and Michigan Jobs Commission Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.48
  408.48 Transfer of powers and duties of Michigan jobs commission to new principal state department named the Michigan jobs commission; transfer of certain powers...
• Transfer of Powers and Duties of Office of the Small Business Clean Air Ombudsman From the Department of Commerce to the Michigan Jobs Commission by Type II Transfer; Transfer of Powers and Duties of State Treasurer Relative to Granting of Exclusions From State Education Tax to the Chief Executive Officer of the Michigan Jobs Commission by a Type II Transfer; Transfer of Powers and Duties Established Under the Michigan Economic and Social Opportunity Act and Established Under the Weatherization Assistance for Low Income Persons Program From the Michigan Jobs Commission to the Department of Social Services by Type II Transfer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.49
  408.49 Transfer of powers and duties of office of the small business clean air ombudsman from the department of commerce to the Michigan jobs...
• Transfer of Powers and Duties of the Michigan Strategic Fund From the Director of the Michigan Jobs Commission to the Michigan Strategic Fund Housed Within the Michigan Jobs Commission; Rescission of Sections III. B and III. C of E. R. O. No. 1994 - 10 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.50
  408.50 Transfer of powers and duties of the Michigan strategic fund from the director of the Michigan jobs commission to the Michigan strategic fund...
• Repealed - Department of Labor (408.51 - 408.94) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Creation of Michigan Workforce Investment Board Within Michigan Department of Career Development as Type II Entity - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.101
  408.101 Creation of Michigan workforce investment board within Michigan department of career development as type II entity. WHEREAS, Article V, Section 1 of the...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.111
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan works one-stop service center system act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.113
  As used in this act: (a) "Chief elected official" means a chief elected official of a unit of general local government. (b) "Department" means...
• Michigan Works One - Stop Service Center System; Creation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.115
  (1) The Michigan works one-stop service center system is created to provide an integrated and coordinated system for delivery of workforce development programs and...
• Designation of Michigan Works Areas - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.117
  The governor shall designate Michigan works areas in the state in accordance with section 116 of the workforce investment act, 29 USC 2831.
• Local Workforce Development Board; Appointment; Certification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.119
  The chief elected official in each Michigan works area shall appoint and the governor shall certify a local workforce development board for that Michigan...
• Local Workforce Development Board; Members - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.121
  All of the following apply to a local workforce development board: (a) A majority of the members of a local workforce development board shall...
• Local Workforce Development Board; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.123
  A local workforce development board shall do all of the following in cooperation with the chief elected officials in the Michigan works area: (a)...
• Conflict of Interest - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.125
  (1) A local workforce development board and each member of the board shall avoid a conflict of interest with duties of the board. Except...
• Designation of Entities to Perform Administrative Functions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.127
  The local workforce development board and local officials in each Michigan works area shall designate an entity to perform administrative functions. The entity shall...
• Administrator; Service; Activities; Direct Services; Approval of Governor; Pilot or Demonstration Projects - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.129
  (1) An administrative entity designated under section 17 shall serve as the administrator for state and federal funding provided to the workforce development board...
• Service Providers; Competitive Procurement Process; Agreement to Deliver Services - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.131
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an administrative entity designated under section 17 shall provide state or federally funded workforce development services to...
• Education Advisory Group - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.133
  (1) A local workforce development board shall appoint an education advisory group to operate in the Michigan works area and serve in an advisory...
• Oversight and Evaluation by Department; Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.135
  The department shall oversee and evaluate the activities of the Michigan works agencies and shall require Michigan works agencies to report information to the...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.201
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "division on deafness act". History: 1937, Act 72, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;--...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.202
  As used in this act: (a) "Council" means the advisory council on deafness established in section 5. (b) "Deaf person" means a person whose...
• Division on Deafness; Establishment; Purpose; Appointment and Qualifications of Director - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.203
  (1) The division on deafness is established within the department. The purpose of the office is to protect and assist all hearing impaired persons,...
• Duties of Division; Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.204
  (1) Under the supervision of the department, the division shall do all of the following: (a) Advocate for hearing impaired persons who encounter communication...
• Advisory Council on Deafness; Establishment; Duty; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Vacancy; Quorum; Meetings; Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.205
  (1) An advisory council on deafness is established within the department. The council shall advise the division on matters pertaining to hearing impaired persons....
• Conducting Business of Council At Public Meeting; Notice; Availability of Writings to Public - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.206
  (1) The business which the council may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act...
• Gifts, Grants, or Other Aid - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.207
  The division may solicit and accept gifts, grants, or other aid from any source, whether public or private.
• Division on Deafness Fund; Establishment; Administration; Receipt and Disposition of Money; Revenue to Be Associated With Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Carrying Over Unexpended Money - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.208
  (1) A division on deafness fund is established in the department of treasury to be administered by the department of energy, labor, and economic...
• Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.209
  The department shall promulgate, as necessary, rules to implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the...
• Appropriation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.210
  The legislature annually shall appropriate a sum sufficient to implement this act.
• Functions of Division of the Deaf and Deafened Transferred From Employment Security Commission to Department of Labor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.211
  408.211 Functions of division of the deaf and deafened transferred from employment security commission to department of labor. WHEREAS, the Division of the Deaf...
• Repealed - Executive Reorganization Order (408.212 - 408.212) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Establishment of Michigan Council on Technical Excellence Within Department of Career Development; Terms and Conditions; Rescission of Executive Order 1997 - 15; Abolishment of Council for Career Preparation Standards - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.213
  408.213 Establishment of Michigan council on technical excellence within department of career development; terms and conditions; rescission of executive order 1997-15; abolishment of council...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.221
  As used in this act: (a) "Commission" means the Michigan community service commission established in section 2. (b) "Community-based agency" means that term as...
• Michigan Community Service Commission; Establishment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.222
  The Michigan community service commission is established within the Michigan jobs commission, established by Executive Order No. 1993-2.
• Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Vacancy - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.223
  (1) The commission shall consist of 25 members appointed by the governor. (2) The commission shall include as voting members, except as otherwise indicated,...
• Election of Chairperson and Other Officers; Meetings; Quorum; Participation in Administration of Grant Program; Business Conducted At Public Meeting; Writings Subject to Freedom of Information Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.224
  (1) The voting members of the commission shall elect 1 of the voting members to serve as chairperson of the commission. The voting members...
• Compensation; Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.225
  Members of the commission shall serve without compensation. However, members of the commission may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in...
• Staff; Executive Director - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.226
  The commission shall have staff necessary for the commission to perform its functions. The commission staff shall include an executive director. The executive director...
• Duties of Commission - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.227
  The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Ensure that its funding decisions meet all federal and state statutory requirements. (b) Recommend innovative...
• National Service Program - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.228
  The commission shall not directly carry out any national service program that receives assistance under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571.
• Delegation of Nonpolicymaking Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.229
  Subject to requirements prescribed by the corporation, the commission may delegate nonpolicymaking duties to a state agency or to a public or private nonprofit
• Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.230
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), this state assumes liability with respect to any claim arising out of or resulting from any act...
• Compliance With Federal Law - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.231
  The commission shall comply with all requirements of federal law, including but not limited to requirements of coordination with other state agencies or with...
• Cooperation of State Departments and Agencies With Commission - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.232
  State departments and agencies shall cooperate with the commission in the performance of its functions. The commission may request, and state departments and agencies...
• Repealed - Vessels (408.251 - 408.287) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - Steam Boilers (408.301 - 408.306) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Ski Area Safety Act of 1962; Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.321
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "ski area safety act of 1962".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.322
  As used in this act: (a) "Board" means the ski area safety board. (b) "Commissioner" means the director of commerce or an authorized representative...
• Ski Area Safety Board; Creation; Composition; Qualifications; Ex Officio Members - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.323
  A ski area safety board consisting of 7 members is created within the office of the commissioner. The board consists of 3 ski area...
• Ski Area Safety Board; Appointment and Terms of Members; Vacancies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.324
  Members of the board shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate for terms of 4 years and...
• Ski Area Safety Board; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice; Election of Chairperson and Other Officers; Quorum; Meetings; Compensation and Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.325
  (1) The business which the board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board held in compliance with Act No....
• Rules; Proposed Legislation Establishing Fee Schedule - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.326
  (1) The board shall promulgate rules for the safe construction, installation, repair, use, operation, maintenance, and inspection of all ski areas and ski lifts...
• Duties of Ski Area Operator - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.326a
  Each ski area operator shall, with respect to operation of a ski area, do all of the following: (a) Equip each snow-grooming vehicle and...
• Promulgation of Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.327
  The rules shall be promulgated pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of...
• Commissioner of Labor; Administration of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.328
  The commissioner, subject to the limitations herein contained and the rules and regulations of the board, shall administer and enforce the provisions of this
• Ski Lifts; Permits Requirement, Inspection - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.329
  No person shall operate a ski lift without a permit issued by the commissioner. On or before October 1 of each year an operator...
• Ski Lifts; Temporary Permits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.330
  The commissioner may issue a temporary permit for 30 calendar days to an operator, who has previously been operating in this state on a...
• Ski Lifts; Permits, Issuance, Expiration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.331
  If upon inspection a ski lift is found to comply with the rules and regulations of the board, the commissioner shall issue a permit...
• Ski Lifts; Erection, Alteration, Moving, Plans and Specifications; Rope Tows - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.332
  Before a new ski lift is erected, or before a presently existing ski lift is moved to a different location, or whenever any additions...
• Ski Lifts; Order to Cease Operation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.333
  The commissioner or board may order, in writing, a temporary cessation of operation of a ski lift if it has been determined after inspection...
• Ski Lifts; Existing Installations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.334
  This act shall not be construed to prevent the use of any existing installation, upon inspection found to be in a safe condition and...
• Ski Lifts; Rules and Regulations, Modification for Hardship, Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.335
  If there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships for an operator to comply with the rules and regulations under this act, the commissioner, with...
• Ski Lifts; Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.336
  (a) An application for a permit shall be accompanied by fees of: $25.00 for an annual permit; or $2.00 for each rope tow, $5.00...
• Chief Inspector; Inspection Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.337
  The department, with the advice and consent of the board, shall employ or retain a person qualified in engineering and training who shall be...
• Revenue; Disbursements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.338
  All fees for permits or inspections, or any other income received under this act, shall be paid into the general fund. All salaries and...
• Notice of Public Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.339
  (1) In addition to the notice prescribed in section 5(1) notice of a public hearing held under this act shall be published not less...
• Violations; Penalties; Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.340
  (1) Except for sections 21 to 24, and except as provided in subsection (2), a person who violates this act, or a rule or...
• Skier Conduct; Prohibited Conduct in Ski Area - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.341
  (1) A skier shall conduct himself or herself within the limits of his or her individual ability and shall not act or ski in...
• Duties of Skier in Ski Area; Acceptance of Dangers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.342
  (1) While in a ski area, each skier shall do all of the following: (a) Maintain reasonable control of his or her speed and...
• Accidents Causing Injury; Notice; Identification; Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.343
  (1) A skier involved in an accident causing an injury to another person shall to the extent that he or she is reasonably able...
• Violation of Act; Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.344
  A skier or passenger who violates this act, or an operator who violates this act shall be liable for that portion of the loss...
• Repealed - Elevators (408.351 - 408.374) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Minimum Wage Law of 1964; Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.381
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "minimum wage law of 1964".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.382
  As used in this act: (a) "Commissioner" means the director of the department of consumer and industry services. (b) "Employee" means an individual not...
• Applicability of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.383
  No employer shall pay any employee at a rate of less than prescribed in this act. History: 1964, Act 154, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964...
• Minimum Hourly Wage Rate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.384
  (1) Subject to the exceptions specified in this act, the minimum hourly wage rate shall be: (a) Beginning September 1, 1997, $5.15. (b) Beginning...
• Compensation for Overtime; Exceptions; Rules; Unpaid Minimum Wages; Appropriation; Compensatory Time in Lieu of Monetary Overtime Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.384a
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an employee shall receive compensation at not less than 1-1/2 times the regular rate at which...
• Training Hourly Wage; Employee Less Than 18 Years of Age; Displacement Prohibited; Violation; Fine - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.384b
  (1) An employer may pay a new employee who is less than 20 years of age a training hourly wage of $4.25 for the...
• Wage Deviation Board; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Chairperson; Commissioner as Secretary; Quorum; Vote on Recommendation or Report; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Availability of Certain Writings to Public; Compensation and Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.385
  (1) The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, a wage deviation board composed of 3 representatives of the employers,...
• Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.386
  The commissioner may promulgate rules necessary for administration of this act pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended,...
• Rates for Apprentices, Learners, and Persons With Physical or Mental Disabilities; Establishment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.387
  On petition of a party in interest or on his or her own motion, the director of the department of consumer and industry services...
• Employees Receiving Gratuities; Minimum Hourly Wage; "gratuities" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.387a
  (1) The minimum hourly wage rate of an employee shall be $2.65 per hour if all of the following occur: (a) The employee receives...
• Wage Deviation Board; Data From Employer, Hearings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.388
  The wage deviation board may request data of any employer, subject to the provisions of this act, as to the wages paid and hours...
• Wage Deviation Board; Report, Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.389
  The wage deviation board shall submit its report to the commissioner who shall file it in his office as a public record together with...
• Wage Deviation Board; Reconsideration of Deviated Wage Rate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.390
  At any time after a deviated wage rate has been in effect for 6 months or more, the wage deviation board may reconsider the
• Statement of Wages, Hours, and Deductions; Inspection; Posting of Regulations and Orders - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.391
  Every employer, subject to the provisions of this act or of any regulation or order issued thereunder, shall furnish the employee a statement of...
• Administration and Enforcement of Act; Investigating and Ascertaining Wages; Revealing Facts or Information - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.392
  The commissioner shall administer and enforce this act; and at the request of the wage deviation board may investigate and ascertain the wages of...
• Violation of Act by Employer; Civil Action; Fine - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.393
  (1) If any employer violates this act, the employee affected by the violation, at any time within 3 years, may: (a) Bring a civil...
• Applicability of Act; Scope - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.394
  (1) This act does not apply to an employer who is subject to the minimum wage provisions of the fair labor standards act of...
• Discrimination Against Employee Serving on or Testifying to Deviation Board; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.395
  Any employer who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because the employee has served or is about to serve on...
• Discharge of Employees Within Ten Weeks; Misdemeanor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.396
  Any employer who consistently discharges employees within 10 weeks of their employment and replaces the discharged employees without work stoppage is presumed to have...
• Discrimination Based on Sex - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.397
  (1) An employer having employees subject to the provisions of this act shall not discriminate between employees within an establishment on the basis of...
• Massage Establishment; Violation by Employer as Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.398
  An employer operating a massage establishment as defined in section 2 of Act No. 251 of the Public Acts of 1974, as amended, being...
• Legal Work Day; Overtime - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.401
  That in all factories, workshops, salt blocks, saw-mills, logging or lumber camps, booms or drives, mines or other places used for mechanical, manufacturing, or...
• Legal Work Day; Nonspecific Contracts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.402
  That in all contracts, engagements, or agreements to labor in any mechanical, manufacturing, or other labor calling, where such contracts or agreements are silent,...
• Invalidating Provisions of Preceding Section as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Prosecution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.403
  Any individual, firm, agent of any corporation, or other employers of labor who shall take any unlawful advantage of any person or persons in...
• Fines; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.404
  All fines collected for violation of this act shall be turned over to the school board, or board of education of the city or...
• Construction of Act as to Exempt Employees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.405
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to domestic or farm laborers, or other laborers who agree to work more than 10...
• Repealed - Railroad Employees; Day's Labor (408.441 - 408.444) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - Motorman or Conductor; Working Days (408.461 - 408.462) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.471
  As used in this act: (a) "Department" means the department of labor. (b) "Employ" means to engage or permit to work. (c) "Employee" means...
• Payment of Wages; Time; Regularly Scheduled Weekly or Biweekly Payday; Monthly Payday; Overtime Earnings During Month of December; Frequency of Wage Payments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.472
  (1) An employer, except an employer of an individual who harvests crops by hand as provided in subsection (2), shall pay the following to...
• Payment of Fringe Benefits; Terms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.473
  An employer shall pay fringe benefits to or on behalf of an employee in accordance with the terms set forth in the written contract...
• Withholding Payment of Compensation Due as Fringe Benefit to Be Paid At Termination Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.474
  An employer shall not withhold a payment of compensation due an employee as a fringe benefit to be paid at a termination date unless...
• Payment of Wages to Employee Voluntarily Leaving Employment; Payment of Wages to Employee Discharged From Employment; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.475
  (1) An employer shall pay to an employee voluntarily leaving employment all wages earned and due, as soon as the amount can with due...
• Wages; Payment Methods; Deposit of Employee's Wages in Bank, Credit Union, or Savings and Loan Association; Issuance of Payroll Debit Card; Consent; Employees Required to Receive Wages Through Direct Deposit or Payroll Debit Card; Request to Change Method of Receiving Wages; Fees or Costs; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.476
  (1) An employer or agent of an employer may pay wages to an employee by any of the following methods that protect the earnings...
• Deductions From Wages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.477
  (1) Except for those deductions required or expressly permitted by law or by a collective bargaining agreement, an employer shall not deduct from the...
• Fee, Gift, Tip, Gratuity, or Other Remuneration or Consideration, or Contribution to Charitable, Social, or Beneficial Purpose, as Condition of Employment or Continuation of Employment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.478
  (1) An employer, agent or representative of an employer, or other person having authority from the employer to hire, employ, or direct the services...
• Records and Statements; Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.479
  (1) An employer shall maintain a record for each employee which indicates the employee's name, address, birth date, occupation or classification in which employed,...
• Payment of Wages and Fringe Benefits on Behalf of Deceased Employee; Discharge and Release of Employer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.480
  (1) An employer shall pay fringe benefits pursuant to this section on behalf of a deceased employee as designated by the terms set forth...
• Complaint; Filing; Form; Notice to Employer; Investigation; Informal Resolution of Dispute; Notice to Employer and Employee; Request for Review; Oaths and Affirmations; Subpoena; Witnesses; Evidence; Parties to Proceeding; Appointment and Duties of Hearings Officer; Hearing; Determination; Judicial Review; Venue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.481
  (1) An employee who believes that his or her employer has violated this act may file a written complaint with the department within 12...
• Reciprocal Agreements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.481a
  The director of the department may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states, Canada, or a Canadian province or territory for the collection of...
• Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.482
  The department may promulgate rules pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, to implement and administer this act.
• Discrimination; Complaint; Investigation; Rehiring or Reinstatement of Employee With Back Pay; Review of Determination - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.483
  (1) An employer shall not discharge an employee or discriminate against an employee because the employee filed a complaint, instituted or caused to be...
• Prohibited Conduct - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.483a
  (1) An employer shall not do any of the following: (a) Require as a condition of employment nondisclosure by an employee of his or...
• Violation as Misdemeanor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.484
  An employer who violates this act, including failure to pay the wages and fringe benefits due an employee as provided in this act, is...
• Failure to Pay Wages and Fringe Benefits as Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.485
  An employer who, with intent to defraud, fails to make payment of the wages and fringe benefits due an employee as provided in this...
• Issuance of Check or Other Order for Payment of Wages; Violation; Penalty; Prima Facie Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.486
  (1) An employer who issues a check or other order for the payment of wages and who, at the time of issuance, knows or...
• Department as Trustee for Employee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.487
  The department shall be the trustee for the employee in proceedings under this act, and shall distribute and account for funds collected.
• Violations; Ordering Payments; Civil Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.488
  (1) The department shall order an employer who violates section 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 to pay the following: (a) Wages...
• Civil Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.489
  The director of labor shall initiate, in the county where the violation occurred, in the county of Ingham, or in the county where the...
• Repeal of Mcl 408.501 to 408.506, 408.521 to 408.525a, and 408.561 to 408.563 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.490
  Act No. 221 of the Public Acts of 1897, being sections 408.561 to 408.563 of the Compiled Laws of 1970; Act No. 62 of...
• Repealed - Wage Claims and Liens (408.501 - 408.506) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Business Suspended by Action of Creditors or Placed in Custody of Receiver or Trustee; Debts Owing to or for Benefit of Employees as Preferred Claims; Preferred Creditors; Contest; Processing Claim or Reducing Claim to Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.511
  When the business of a person or entity is suspended by the action of creditors, or is placed in the custody of a receiver...
• Statement of Preferred Claim; Filing, Contents, Attachments; Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.512
  An employee or other person on his behalf entitled to preference hereunder shall file a statement under oath showing the amount due, the period...
• Repealed - Payment of Wages (408.521 - 408.525a) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - Payment of Wages (408.541 - 408.544) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.551
  As used in this act: (a) "Construction mechanic" means a skilled or unskilled mechanic, laborer, worker, helper, assistant, or apprentice working on a state...
• Contracts for State Projects; Minimum Wage Provisions, Exceptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.552
  Every contract executed between a contracting agent and a successful bidder as contractor and entered into pursuant to advertisement and invitation to bid for...
• Prevailing Wage and Fringe Benefit Rates; Schedule as Part of Specifications and Bid Form - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.553
  A contracting agent, before advertising for bids on a state project, shall have the commissioner determine the prevailing rates of wages and fringe benefits...
• Prevailing Wages and Fringe Benefit Rates; Establishment; Public Hearings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.554
  The commissioner shall establish prevailing wages and fringe benefits at the same rate that prevails on projects of a similar character in the locality...
• Prevailing Wage and Fringe Benefit Rates; Posting by Contractors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.555
  Every contractor and subcontractor shall keep posted on the construction site, in a conspicuous place, a copy of all prevailing wage and fringe benefit...
• Prevailing Wages and Fringe Benefits; Failure to Pay, Termination of Contract; Contractor's Liability and Sureties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.556
  The contracting agent, by written notice to the contractor and the sureties of the contractor known to the contracting agent, may terminate the contractor's...
• Violation of Act; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.557
  Any person, firm or corporation or combination thereof, including the officers of any contracting agent, violating the provisions of this act is guilty of...
• Inapplicability of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.558
  The provisions of this act shall not apply to contracts entered into or the bids made before the effective date of this act.
• Repealed - Payment of Wages; Script, Token, Order or Other Evidence of Indebtedness (408.561 - 408.563) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Work Away From Home Locality; Contract, Terms; Minors Under Sixteen; Misrepresentation, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.581
  Any person, company or corporation, or any agent or officer thereof who shall induce another person, by promise of wages or other valuable consideration,...
• Fraudulent Acceptance of Benefits; Misdemeanor; Prima Facie Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.582
  Every person, who, with intent to defraud, shall accept or receive transportation provided by or at the instance or expense of his employer, from...
• Violation of Act; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.583
  Every person found guilty of violating the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 25 dollars or by imprisonment...
• Repealed - Private Employment Bureaus (408.601 - 408.624) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Carnival - Amusement Safety Act of 1966; Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.651
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "carnival-amusement safety act of 1966".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.652
  As used in this act: (a) "Carnival or amusement ride" means a device that carries or conveys passengers along, around, or over a fixed...
• Carnival - Amusement Safety Board; Appointment, Terms, and Qualifications of Members - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.653
  There is created the carnival-amusement safety board to consist of 7 members. One member shall be the director of licensing and regulation. Six members...
• Carnival - Amusement Safety Board; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Quorum; Meetings; Notice; Election of Chairperson and Other Officers; Clerical and Administrative Help; Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.654
  (1) The business which the board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board held in compliance with Act No....
• Carnival - Amusement Safety Board; Compensation and Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.655
  The per diem compensation of the board and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established annually by the legislature. History: 1966, Act...
• Carnival - Amusement Safety Board; Promulgation of Definitions, Codes, Rules and Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.656
  The board shall promulgate and formulate definitions, codes, rules and regulations for the safe installation, repair, maintenance, use, operation and inspection of all carnival-amusement...
• Director; Administration and Enforcement of Act, Codes, Rules, and Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.657
  The director shall administer and enforce this act and all codes, rules, and regulations promulgated by the board. History: 1966, Act 225, Imd. Eff....
• Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.658
  (1) The department shall charge the following fees for permits to operate, annual inspections, reinspections, and special inspector commissions: (a) Permit to operate........................ $...
• Inspectors; Appointment, Qualifications - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.659
  The department may hire inspectors to inspect carnival-amusement rides. The chief carnival-amusement ride inspector shall be licensed in the state as a professional engineer,...
• Carnival - Amusement Ride; Permit Requirement, Application, Annual Inspection - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.660
  No person shall operate a carnival-amusement ride without a permit issued by the director. On or before March 1 of each year an operator...
• Permit to Operate Carnival - Amusement Ride; Issuance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.661
  If, after inspection, a carnival-amusement ride is found to comply with the rules and regulations of the board, the inspector shall issue a permit...
• Erection or Alteration of Ride; Notice of Intent, Plans or Diagrams - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.662
  Before a new carnival-amusement ride is erected, or whenever any additions or alterations are made which change the structure, mechanism, classification or capacity of...
• Order for Temporary Cessation of Operation; Unsafe Condition, Correction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.663
  The director or board may order, in writing, a temporary cessation of operation of a carnival-amusement ride if it has been determined after inspection...
• Construction of Act as to Existing Installations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.664
  This act shall not be construed to prevent the use of any existing installation which upon inspection is found to be in a safe...
• Hardship Cases; Modification of Rules and Regulations, Request, Written Authorization, Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.665
  If there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships for an operator to comply with the rules and regulations under this act, the director, with...
• Security Against Owner's or Operator's Liability for Injury Required; Insurance or Bond; Local Unit of Government as Self - Insurer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.666
  A person shall not operate a carnival or amusement ride unless the owner or operator shall have obtained security against the owner's or operator's...
• Temporary Cessation of Operations; Order; Duration; Violation of Act as Misdemeanor; Separate Offense; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.667
  (1) A temporary cessation of operations of a carnival-amusement ride may be ordered by the director when the inspection of the ride has been...
• Required Conduct of Rider; Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.668
  (1) A rider of a carnival or amusement ride shall, at a minimum, do all of the following: (a) Obey the reasonable safety rules...
• Rider Safety Responsibilities; Signs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.669
  (1) An operator shall display signs indicating the applicable rider safety responsibilities provided in section 18 and the location of stations to report injuries...
• Injury Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.670
  (1) Before leaving the operator's premises, a rider of a carnival or amusement ride or his or her parent or guardian shall report in...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.681
  This act shall be known and may be cited as "the playground equipment safety act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.682
  As used in this act: (a) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. (b) "Public playground equipment" means...
• Public Playground Equipment; Liability as to State Civil Infraction; Separate Civil Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.683
  (1) The standards identified in section 4 determine responsibility for a state civil infraction under this act and do not establish liability in a...
• Public Playground Equipment; Standards - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.684
  A person who for compensation manufactures or assembles public playground equipment that fails to comply with the following standards is subject to a state...
• Violation of Act; Penalty; Default; Disposition of Collections - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.685
  (1) A person who violates this act in the manufacture of public playground equipment is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be...
• Public Playground Equipment; Responsibility for Maintenance, Repair, and Upkeep - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.686
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the local unit of government, school district, or governmental entity that owns and operates the public...
• Finding of Responsibility; Admissibility in Civil Action; Immunity; Other Defenses, Limitations, Remedies, or Rights - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.687
  (1) Evidence of a finding of responsibility for a state civil infraction under this act shall not be admissible in a civil action brought...
• Repealed - Building Safety Council (408.701 - 408.703) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - Construction Safety Act of 1963 (408.711 - 408.724) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Boiler Act of 1965; Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.751
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "boiler act of 1965".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.752
  As used in this act: (a) "Antique steam boiler" means a boiler that is no longer used in production applications and is used to...
• Board of Boiler Rules; Creation; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Removal of Member; Vacancy; Election of Officers; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Quorum; Effectiveness of Approval, Decision, or Ruling; Compensation and Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.753
  (1) There is created a board of boiler rules in the department of labor and economic growth. The board, in addition to the director,...
• Promulgation of Rules; Scope; Use of Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.754
  (1) The department shall promulgate rules for the safe construction, installation, inspection, operation, and repair of boilers in the state. (2) The rules promulgated...
• Rules to Establish Fee Schedules; Filing Completed Licensing Application; Issuance of License Within Certain Time Period; Report; State Boiler Inspection Fund; "completed Application" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.754a
  (1) The department, in consultation with the board, shall promulgate rules to establish the fee schedules for licenses, permits, certificates, registrations, examinations, and inspections....
• Nonconforming Boilers; Special Design; Special Installation and Operating Permit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.755
  No boiler which does not conform to the rules and regulations formulated by the board governing new construction and installation shall be installed and...
• Maximum Allowable Pressure; Safety Standards; Sale or Reinstallation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.756
  (1) The maximum allowable pressure of a boiler carrying the American society of mechanical engineers' code symbol shall be determined by the applicable sections...
• Exemptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.757
  This act shall not apply to any of the following: (a) Boilers under federal control. (b) Boilers used in the power plants of self-propelled...
• Antique Steam Boilers; Compliance With Rules; Inspection; Certificate of Inspection; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.757a
  (1) Antique steam boilers shall comply with the rules promulgated by the board and shall be inspected once every 3 years. An owner of...
• Act Inapplicable to Certain Boilers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.757b
  This act shall not apply to boilers used on farms for mint processing purposes.
• Miniature Hobby Locomotive; Annual Inspection; Report; Fee; Rules; Application and Inspection by Club; "public Display or Use" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.757c
  (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3), (4), and (5), this act does not apply to a miniature hobby locomotive operating on narrow gauge tracks...
• Chief Inspector; Appointment, Qualifications, and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.758
  (1) The director shall appoint, subject to civil service rules, a resident of this state, who has not less than 10 years' experience in...
• Deputy Inspectors; Employment; Qualifications - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.759
  The director, subject to civil service rules, shall employ deputy inspectors who shall be responsible to the chief inspector. A deputy inspector shall have...
• Inspectors' Bonds; Amounts, Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.760
  The chief inspector shall furnish a bond in the sum of $5,000.00 and each of the deputy inspectors, employed and paid by the state,...
• Special Inspectors; Qualifications; Application for License or Examination; Filing; Fees; License Renewal; Salary or Expenses From State Prohibited; Continuance of License; Inspection of Boilers; Exemption From Inspection Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.761
  (1) The director, upon the request of a company authorized to insure against loss from explosion of boilers in this state; a city having...
• Examination for Inspectors; Content; Reexamination; Record for Inspection - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.762
  The examination for chief, deputy, or special inspectors shall be written. The examination for boiler operators shall be either written or oral. The examination...
• Installation or Repair of Boiler; License Required; Person Licensed Under Forbes Mechanical Contractors Act; Examination; Issuance; Fee; Renewal; Exemption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.763
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person shall not engage in the business of installing boilers or repairing boilers, or both,...
• Operation of Boiler and Auxiliaries Without Registration; Use of Certain Terms by Individual or Business Entity; Registration Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.763a
  (1) An individual may operate a boiler and associated auxiliaries without obtaining a registration under this act. (2) An individual or business entity shall...
• Boiler Operator and Stationary Engineer Registrations; Classification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.763b
  Boiler operator and stationary engineer registrations are classified as follows: (a) Low pressure boiler operator, who operates low pressure boiler plants having an aggregate...
• Qualified Technical Education Programs; Course Content; Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.763c
  (1) Not later than 180 days after June 11, 2008, the department of energy, labor, and economic growth shall promulgate rules designating the course...
• Registration Requirements; Qualifications - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.763d
  (1) The director shall not issue a registration for a title described in section 13a(2) unless the applicant meets the requirements for the classification...
• License or Registration Suspensions; Notice; Appeal; Revocation; Hearing; Reinstatement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.764
  (1) The chief inspector may suspend the license of an inspector, repairer, or installer or the registration of a boiler operator or stationary engineer...
• License Lost or Destroyed; Reissuance, Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.765
  If a license is lost or destroyed, a new license shall, upon application and payment of a fee of $5.00, be issued in its...
• Repealed. 1966, Act 273, Imd. Eff. July 12, 1966. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Installation or Alteration of Boiler; Permit Required; Issuance; Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.767
  A person shall not install or alter a boiler without first securing a permit to install or alter a boiler from the boiler division...
• Repair of Boiler; Permit Required; Exceptions; Issuance; Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.768
  A person shall not repair a boiler without first securing a permit to repair the boiler from the boiler division of the department of...
• Access to Premises; Inspection of Boiler; Hydrostatic Test - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.769
  (1) The director, the chief inspector, or a deputy inspector shall have free access, during reasonable hours, to premises in the state where a...
• Inspection Report; Filing; Forms; Fee; Issuance, Contents, Validity, Posting, and Suspension of Inspection Certificate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.770
  (1) The chief inspector, a deputy inspector, and a company or city that employs special inspectors, within 30 days following each boiler certificate inspection...
• Repealed. 1986, Act 277, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 1986. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Appeal to Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.772
  A person who is aggrieved by an order or act of the director or the chief inspector within 15 days' notice after the order...
• Inapplicability of Act; Construction of Act as to Repairs in Public Utilities and Industrial Plants - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.773
  The provisions of this act shall not be applicable to or in any city having a population of 1,000,000 or more. Nothing in this...
• Unlawful Operation of Boilers; Violation; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.774
  (1) An individual, or other person, shall not operate a boiler without a valid inspection certificate. The operation of a boiler without a valid...
• Unlawful Installation or Repair; Penalty; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.775
  It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to install or repair in this state, a boiler without a valid license...
• Effective Date of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.776
  This act shall take effect July 1, 1966.
• Elevators; Applicability of Definitions in American Standard Safety Code - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.801
  The definitions in section 3 of the standard are applicable to this act, except where they conflict with definitions in this act.
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.802
  (1) "Approved" means that which the director designates as acceptable to the department. (2) "Board" means the elevator safety board. (3) "Department" means the...
• Elevators; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.803
  (1) "Elevator" means the machinery, construction, apparatus and equipment of an incline lift, escalator, moving walk or device serving 2 or more landings used...
• Elevators; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.804
  (1) "General inspector" means a person holding a general certificate of competency and employed by this state as an elevator inspector or in an...
• Inapplicability of Act to Certain Municipalities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.805
  This act does not apply to or in any city, village or township having elevator inspection regulations under ordinances comparable to this act.
• Elevators; Compliance With American Standard Safety Code; Adoption by Rule; Conflicts; Applicability to Residential Incline Elevator for Use by Members of Homeowners Association Accessing Shoreline of Great Lake or Connecting Waterway; "Homeowners Association" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.806
  (1) An elevator shall be constructed, equipped, maintained, repaired, and used with respect to the supporting members, car or platform, hoistways, guides, cables, doors...
• Elevator Safety Board; Creation; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Vacancy; Compensation and Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.807
  (1) The elevator safety board consisting of 11 members is created, 1 of whose members is the director. The governor shall appoint, with the...
• Elevator Safety Board; Powers and Duties Generally; Rules Establishing Fee Schedules; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.808
  (1) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To promulgate rules for the inspection, design, construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, and use...
• Enforcement of Act and Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.809
  The director shall enforce the provisions of this act and the rules promulgated by the board pursuant to this act and where, owning to...
• General and Special Inspectors; Qualifications; Application Requirements for Examination as Elevator Inspectors; Acceptance or Rejection of Applications; Issuance of Certificates of Competency; Reexamination - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.810
  (1) A person is not authorized to serve as a general inspector unless he has had 3 years' experience in elevator construction or the...
• Special Inspectors; Designation by Insurers or Local Units; Commissions; Renewal Fees; Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.811
  From the holders of special certificates of competency in the inspection of elevators, a company authorized to insure elevators in this state, may designate...
• Elevator Contractors' Licenses; Applications, Qualifications, Expiration; Exemptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.812
  A person, firm or corporation who is to install, construct, repair, alter and maintain an elevator shall secure from the director an elevator contractor...
• Certificates of Competency, Commissions and Licenses; Reissuance When Lost or Destroyed - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.813
  A certificate of competency, commission or elevator contractor license shall be reissued upon receipt of an application by the director and payment of the...
• Certificates of Competency, Commissions and Licenses; Suspension or Revocation; Grounds, Hearing, Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.814
  A certificate of competency, commission or elevator contractor license may be suspended or revoked by the director upon recommendation of the board for incompetence,...
• Permits for Installation or Alterations; Plans and Specifications; Approval; Forms; Fees; Emergency Alterations; Issuance by Municipality; Receipt of Completed Application; Time Period for Issuance; Report; "completed Application" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.815
  (1) A person, firm, or corporation shall not install or alter an elevator without first having obtained a permit from the department. A permit...
• Fees for Services; Determination; Payment; Deposits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.816
  (1) Fees for the following matters shall be determined by the board subject to section 15: (a) Commission. (b) Certificate of competency examination. (c)...
• Inspections; Entry on Premises, Assistance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.817
  The director and his inspectors during reasonable hours may enter any premises within this state without hindrance for the purpose of examining equipment covered...
• Certificates of Operation; Annual Issuance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.818
  The director shall issue a certificate of operation annually in accordance with the rules promulgated by the board.
• Sealing Elevator Out of Service; Grounds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.819
  A general inspector may seal an elevator out of service in accordance with the rules promulgated by the board or when any of the...
• Smoking or Carrying Lighted Tobacco in Passenger Elevators Prohibited; Posting Sign; Receptacles - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.820
  (1) A person shall not smoke or carry lighted tobacco in any form in a passenger elevator in any building, structure, or premises in...
• Violations of Act or Rules; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.821
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person, firm, or corporation who violates this act or a rule promulgated by the board, or...
• Saving Clause - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.822
  A prosecution arising from a violation of the act repealed herein pending at the time this act becomes effective, or a prosecution which may...
• Repeals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.823
  Act No. 82 of the Public Acts of 1937, as amended, being sections 408.351 to 408.374 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.
• Elevator Safety Board; Membership, Rules and Fees, Continuation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.824
  The membership of the board as now constituted shall continue to serve in accordance with their terms of office and the rules and fees...
• Repealed - Occupational Safety (408.851 - 408.868) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.871
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "fair and open competition in governmental construction act".
• Intent of Legislature; Purpose - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.872
  The legislature intends this act to provide for more economical, nondiscriminatory, neutral, and efficient procurement of construction-related goods and services by this state and...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.873
  As used in this act: (a) "Facility" means any actual physical improvement to real property owned, or leased, directly or through a building authority,...
• Contract for Construction, Repair, Remodeling, or Demolition of Facility; Prohibitions Concerning Bid Specifications, Project Agreements, or Other Controlling Documents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.875
  Subject to section 8, a governmental unit awarding a contract on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 2...
• Grant, Tax Abatement, or Tax Credit; Prohibitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.877
  Subject to section 8, a governmental unit shall not award a grant, tax abatement, or tax credit that is conditioned upon a requirement that...
• Agreement With Labor Organization - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.878
  (1) This act does not prohibit a governmental unit from awarding a contract, grant, tax abatement, or tax credit to a private owner, bidder,...
• Exemption of Project, Contract, Subcontract, Grant, Tax Abatement, or Tax Credit From Certain Requirements; Special Circumstances - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.879
  The head of a governmental unit may exempt a particular project, contract, subcontract, grant, tax abatement, or tax credit from the requirements of any...
• Requirements; Exceptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.881
  The requirements of this act do not do either of the following: (a) Affect any provision in 1965 PA 166, MCL 408.551 to 408.558....
• Effect of Act on Activities Protected by Federal Law - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.883
  This act does not do either of the following: (a) Prohibit employers or other parties from entering into agreements or engaging in any other...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.901
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "full employment planning act of 1978".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.902
  As used in this act: (a) "Employability services" means an activity which increases the employment potential of an individual, and includes career and vocational...
• Annual Report; Contents; Employment Plan; Submission to Governor and Legislature; Cooperation and Assistance of Departments; Report of Federal Decisions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.903
  (1) Not later than November 1, 1981 and annually thereafter, the department of labor shall submit to the governor a report setting forth projections...
• Employment Plan; Review by Governor; Index; Relationship of Plan to Presidential Federal Report on Economic Goals and Policies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.904
  (1) The governor shall review the employment plan prescribed in section 3 and may seek advice or request review from institutions of higher education...
• Employment Plan; Legislative Alteration or Rejection - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.905
  If the legislature does not alter or reject the employment plan by concurrent resolution within 90 days after submission of the plan in accordance...
• Reports by Directors of Senate and House Fiscal Agencies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.906
  The directors of the senate and house fiscal agencies shall issue periodic joint reports to each member of the legislature detailing and tabulating the...
• Report of Governor to Legislature - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.907
  (1) Not more than 60 days after the effective date of this act, the governor shall report to the legislature all of the following:...
• Measures to Ensure Meeting of Information Requirements; Initiation by Governor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.908
  The governor shall initiate measures to ensure that the information requirements of the legislature are fully met. Measures taken to achieve the purposes of...
• Biennial Labor Market Supply Report; Contents; Compliance With Reporting Requirements and Procedures - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.909
  (1) In conjunction with the directors of the senate and house fiscal agencies, the legislature shall develop a biennial labor market supply report for...
• Abolishment of Certain Position as Member of Board of Health and Safety Compliance Appeals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.991
  408.991 Abolishment of certain position as member of board of health and safety compliance appeals. WHEREAS, Section 1 of Article V of the Michigan...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1001
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan occupational safety and health act".
• Scope of Act; Effect on Statutory or Common Law - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1002
  (1) This act shall apply to all places of employment in the state, except in domestic employment and in mines as defined in section...
• Meanings of Words and Phrases - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1003
  The words and phrases defined in sections 4 to 6 have the meanings respectively ascribed to them for the purposes of this act.
• Definitions; a to M - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1004
  (1) "Agricultural operations" means the work activity designated in major groups 01 and 02 of the standard industrial classification manual, United States bureau of...
• Definitions; E to I - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1005
  (1) "Employee" means a person permitted to work by an employer. (2) "Employer" means an individual or organization, including the state or a political...
• Definitions; P to W - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1006
  (1) "Place of employment" means a factory, plant, establishment, construction site or other similar area, workplace, or environment where an employee is permitted to...
• Legislative Declaration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1009
  The safety, health, and general welfare of employees are primary public concerns. The legislature hereby declares that all employees shall be provided safe and...
• Duties of Employer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1011
  An employer shall: (a) Furnish to each employee, employment and a place of employment that is free from recognized hazards that are causing, or...
• Duties of Employee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1012
  An employee shall: (a) Comply with rules and standards promulgated, and with orders issued pursuant to this act. (b) Not remove, displace, damage, destroy,...
• Administration and Enforcement; Reports - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1013
  (1) The department of labor shall administer and enforce the provisions of this act relative to occupational safety. (2) The department of public health...
• Federal Standards Incorporated by Reference; Force and Effect; Conflicts; Copies of Standard; Processing Proposed Rule Substantially Similar to Federal Standard; Clear and Convincing Need for Standard; Compliance With Administrative Procedures Act of 1969 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the occupational safety and health standards that have been adopted or promulgated by the United States...
• Occupational Safety and Health Hazard Communication Standard; Incorporation by Reference; Applicability of Standard; Conflicting Provisions; Administration and Enforcement of Standards; Duties of Employers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014a
  (1) The occupational safety and health hazard communication standard that has been adopted or promulgated by the United States department of labor and has...
• Disclosure of Specific Chemical Identity, Percentage Composition, or Both - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014b
  In nonemergency situations, a chemical manufacturer, importer, or employer claiming a trade secret, upon request, shall disclose a specific chemical identity, percentage composition, or...
• Identification of Pipes and Piping Systems in Workplace; Establishment of Pipe and Stationary Process Container Entry Procedure; Applicable Provisions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014c
  Pipes or piping systems in a workplace that contain a hazardous chemical shall be identified to an employee by a label or by a...
• Trade Secret Claims; Petition; Review; Confidentiality; Determination; Final Order; Revocation of Order; Hearing; Exemption of Records and Information From Disclosure Under Freedom of Information Act; Providing Director With Specific Chemical Identity and Percentage Composition of Hazardous Chemical - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014d
  (1) Upon request of the director, an employer who claims a trade secret under the standard incorporated by reference by section 14a shall support...
• Public Service Announcements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014e
  In order to educate employers, employees, and the public about the hazards of exposure to hazardous chemicals and the requirements of the occupational safety...
• Employer Engaged in Agricultural Operations; Certifying List of Chemicals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014f
  (1) An employer engaged in agricultural operations is not required to comply with the standard incorporated by reference in section 14a or sections 14b...
• Chemical in Sealed Package in Transit by Common Carrier - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014g
  An employer is not required to comply with the standard incorporated by reference in section 14a or with sections 14b to 14l with respect...
• Employer Engaged in Construction Operations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014h
  An employer engaged in construction operations may satisfy the requirements of the standard incorporated in section 14a and sections 14b to 14l that a...
• Plan for Executing Responsibilities of Organized Fire Department - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014i
  The chief of each organized fire department shall prepare and disseminate to each fire fighting employee of the organized fire department a plan for...
• Signs Throughout Workplace; Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014j
  An employer subject to the standard incorporated by reference in section 14a and to sections 14b to 14l shall post signs throughout the workplace...
• Safety Data Sheets for Hazardous Chemicals in Workplace; Organization; Training Employees; Notice of New or Revised Sheets - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014k
  (1) An employer who is subject to the standard incorporated by reference in section 14a and to sections 14b to 14l shall organize the...
• Failure to Provide Exposed Employee With Access to Most Current Safety Data Sheet - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014l
  The failure of an employer who is subject to the standard incorporated by reference in section 14a and to this section and sections 14b...
• Conflicting Provisions Unenforceable - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014m
  The standard incorporated by reference in section 14a and sections 14b to 14 l occupy the entire field of regulation of occupational safety and...
• Federal Occupational Safety and Health Field Sanitation Standard; Incorporation by Reference; Effect; Providing Potable Water, Toilet Facility, and Hand Washing Facility for Agricultural Employees; Administration and Enforcement of Incorporated Standard; Copies of Standard - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1014n
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), the occupational safety and health field sanitation standard that has been adopted or promulgated by...
• Repealed. 2012, Act 416, Eff. Dec. 27, 2012. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Promulgation, Expression, and Adoption of Standards by Director - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1016
  The director may promulgate standards in accordance with this act to prevent accidents in places of employment and to protect the life and safety...
• Workplace Ergonomics; Promulgation of Rules Prohibited; Federal Rules or Guidelines; "Workplace Ergonomics" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1017
  (1) A department, board, or commission authorized to promulgate rules under this act shall not promulgate a rule or establish a standard regarding workplace...
• Repealed. 2012, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Promulgation of Standards by Director - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1019
  The director may promulgate construction safety standards in accordance with this act and based upon, but not limited to, generally accepted nationwide engineering standards...
• Continuation of Safety Standards; Emergency Safety Standards; Promulgation of Approved Standard - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1021
  (1) Standards promulgated by the former general industry safety standards commission and standards promulgated by the former construction safety standards commission under this act...
• Repealed. 2012, Act 447, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Continuation of Occupational Health Standards; Promulgation; Requirements for Standard; Emergency Standard; Contents of Standard; Availability and Costs of Medical Examination or Test; Religious Objection - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1024
  (1) Standards governing occupational health promulgated by the director of public health that are in effect on the effective date of the amendatory act...
• Temporary Order Granting Variance From Standard; Rule or Order for Variance From Standard - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1027
  (1) An employer may apply to the department of labor or the department of public health for a temporary order granting a variance from...
• Violation of Standard Threatening Physical Harm; Request for Inspection; Notice; Determination; Notification of Condition Presenting Imminent Danger; Notification of Violation of Act or Rule; Inspection; Confidentiality; Procedures for Informal Review of Decision; Statement of Final Disposition; Right to Attend Meetings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1028
  (1) An employee or employee representative, who believes that a violation of a standard exists that threatens physical harm to an employee, may request...
• Inspection and Investigations; Right of Entry; Warrant; Witnesses; Evidence; Right of Accompaniment; Advance Notice; Tests and Samples; Evaluation; Confidentiality of Trade Secrets; Conference; Liability for Damages; Discrimination Prohibited; "wages and Fringe Benefits" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1029
  (1) To implement this act, a department representative, upon presenting appropriate credentials, may enter without delay, and at reasonable times, a place of employment...
• Safety and Health Inspector At Site of Tunnel, Shaft, Caisson, or Cofferdam; Qualifications; Powers and Duties; Cost of Wages and Fringe Benefits; Advising of and Publishing Regular and Overtime Rates; Tunnel Construction Activity Exceeding 60 Hours Per Week; Employer's Responsibility Not Diminished - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1030
  (1) The department of labor shall provide a full-time safety and health inspector at the site where a tunnel, shaft, caisson, or cofferdam is...
• Determination of Imminent Danger; Notice; Order; Tagging Equipment or Process; Removal of Tag; on Site Review; Recommendation; Discrimination Prohibited; Noncompliance With Order; Petition to Restrain Condition or Practice; Action Against Department; Response to Imminent Danger Complaint; Opportunity to Identify, Label, or Provide Safety Data Sheet for Container - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1031
  (1) When and as soon as a department representative determines that an imminent danger exists in a place of employment, the department representative shall...
• Citation for Violation; Issuance; Contents; Presentation; Mailing; Posting; Notification of Compliance; Failure to Correct Violation; Notice in Place of Citation; Rules; Vacating Citation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1033
  (1) If, as the result of an inspection or investigation, the department representative believes that an employer has violated this act, an order issued...
• Violations; Civil and Criminal Penalties; Effective Date of Increases in Civil Penalties Made Pursuant to 1991 Amendatory Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1035
  (1) An employer who receives a citation for a serious violation of this act, an order issued pursuant to this act, or a rule...
• Violations; Civil and Criminal Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1035a.added
  408.1035a.added Violations; civil and criminal penalties. Sec 35a. (1) An employer who receives a citation for a serious violation of this act, an order...
• Civil Penalties; Assessment; Schedule; Payment; Recovering Unpaid Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1036
  (1) The board shall assess civil penalties, considering the size of the business, the seriousness of the violation, the good faith efforts of the...
• Evidence and Investigation of Criminal Violation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1037
  The department shall turn over evidence of a criminal violation of this act to the department attorney and shall assist in the investigation of...
• Granting Additional Time for Compliance, Modification, or Dismissal of Citation and Penalty; Petition; Procedure; Effect of Failure to Petition; Action by Department; Notice; Finality of Decision; Appeal to Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1041
  Within 15 working days after receipt of a citation and proposed penalty, if any, an employer may petition the appropriate department for a grant...
• Hearing; Order; Rules of Procedure; Report of Hearing Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1042
  Upon receipt of a notice from an employer, employee, or an employee representative that the employer wishes to appeal the department's decision relative to...
• Hearing; Conduct of Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1043
  Proceedings in a hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures applicable to the trial of contested cases under Act No. 306 of...
• Review of Report of Hearing Officer; Powers of Board; Order Affirming or Modifying Abatement Requirements; Judicial Review of Order or Standard - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1044
  (1) In reviewing a report of a hearing officer, the board by a vote of not less than a majority of its members may:...
• Cease Operation Order; Enforcement Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1045
  If an employer fails to comply with a final order of the board, the department may issue an order directing the employer to cease...
• Board of Health and Safety Compliance and Appeals; Creation; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Chairman; Vacancy; Scope of Authority; Meetings; Quorum; Prerequisite to Official Action; Compensation and Expenses; Hearing; Evidence; Fees; Rules; Construction and Application of Identical State and Federal Standards - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1046
  (1) A board of health and safety compliance and appeals is created within the department of labor. The board of health and safety compliance...
• Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1048
  The business which a board, commission, or committee created pursuant to this act may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the...
• Department Attorney as Representative of Departments, Board, and Commissions in Litigation; Board Not Considered Party in Judicial Review Proceeding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1052
  (1) The department attorney shall represent the department of labor, the department of public health, and the board and commissions established under this act...
• Safety Education and Training Division; Creation; Functions; Newsletter; Statement as to Standard, Rule, or Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1054
  (1) A safety education and training division is created within the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. (2) The functions of the safety education...
• Safety Education and Training Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1055
  (1) A safety education and training fund is created. Except as provided in subsection (2), the fund shall be used to accomplish the objectives...
• Occupational Health Education and Training Program - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1056
  The department of public health shall conduct an occupational health education and training program with employees and employers for the prevention of occupational health...
• Repealed. 1991, Act 105, Eff. June 17, 1994. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1988, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1991, Act 105, Eff. June 17, 1994. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1990, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1991, Act 105, Eff. June 17, 1994. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1988, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1991, Act 105, Eff. June 17, 1994. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1988, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1991, Act 105, Eff. June 17, 1994. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1991, Act 105, Imd. Eff. Oct. 3, 1991. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Records and Reports; Notice of Fatalities or Hospitalizations; Access of Employee to Records; Notice to Employee of Exposure and Corrective Action; Federal Requirements Not Negated - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1061
  (1) An employer shall make, keep, and preserve accurate and timely records and reports of work illnesses and injuries and report the information to...
• Confidentiality of Trade Secrets; Protection; Rules; Orders; Information Available to Public; Identity of Employee Exempt From Disclosure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1063
  (1) Information reported to or otherwise obtained by the department of licensing and regulatory affairs in connection with an inspection, investigation, or proceeding under...
• Discharging or Discriminating Against Employee Prohibited; Complaint; Investigation; Order; Notice; Review; Finality of Determination; Parties; Hearings Officers; Conduct of Proceedings; Determination as Final Disposition; Judicial Review; Venue; Civil Action to Enforce Order; Powers of Director of Labor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1065
  (1) A person shall not discharge an employee or in any manner discriminate against an employee because the employee filed a complaint or instituted...
• Posting Requirements; Warning Labels - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1067
  (1) Where posting is required by this act, except for citations, the posting shall be centrally and conspicuously located with respect to all affected...
• Rules; Declaratory Rulings; Effect of Standards Adopted by Reference or Continued in Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1069
  (1) The director may promulgate, amend, and rescind rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328,...
• Pending Proceedings Continued - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1091
  Any proceeding pending before the department of labor or the department of health shall be continued and be conducted and determined by the appropriate...
• Repeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1093
  Act No. 285 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 408.51 to 408.94 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, Act No....
• Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.1094
  (1) This act shall take effect on January 1, 1975, except as to public employers as specified in subsection (2). (2) Standards adopted by...

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