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Discrimination Based on Sex - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 408.397

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Sec. 17.

(1) An employer having employees subject to the provisions of this act shall not discriminate between employees within an establishment on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees in the establishment at a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex in the establishment for equal work on jobs, the performance of which requires equal skill, effort and responsibility and which are performed under similar working conditions, except where the payment is made pursuant to (a) a seniority system; (b) a merit system; (c) a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; (d) a differential based on a factor other than sex.

(2) An employer who is paying a wage differential in violation of this section shall not reduce the wage rate of an employee in order to comply with the provisions of this section.

(3) For purposes of administration and enforcement, any amounts owing to an employee which have been withheld in violation of this section shall be deemed to be unpaid minimum wages under this act.

History: Add. 1971, Act 62, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972
Compiler's Notes: For creation of the new wage and hour division as a type II agency within the department of labor and economic growth, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.For transfer of powers and duties of the former wage and hour division of the department of consumer and industry services, transferred to the bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation, to the new wage and hour division within the department of labor and economic growth by type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.

Last modified: March 17, 2013