Bill Text: MI HB4176 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Law enforcement: training; law enforcement agencies that fund police training for recruits; allow agreements requiring reimbursement in certain situations. Amends sec. 8 of 1978 PA 390 (MCL 408.478). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0032'23
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - Assigned Pa 43'23 With Immediate Effect [HB4176 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4176-Engrossed.html
Substitute For
HOUSE BILL NO. 4176
A bill to amend 1978 PA 390, entitled
"An act to regulate the time and manner of payment of wages and fringe benefits to employees; to prescribe rights and responsibilities of employers and employees, and the powers and duties of the department of labor; to require keeping of records; to provide for settlement of disputes regarding wages and fringe benefits; to prohibit certain practices by employers; to prescribe penalties and remedies; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 8 (MCL 408.478).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 8. (1) An Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an employer, agent or representative of an employer, or other person having authority from the employer to hire, employ, or direct the services of other persons in the employment of the employer shall not demand or receive, directly or indirectly from an employee, a fee, gift, tip, gratuity, or other remuneration or consideration, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment. This subsection does not apply to fees any of the following:
(a) Fees collected by an employment agency licensed under the laws of this state.
(b) Subject to subsection (3), the following remuneration or consideration collected by a law enforcement agency under a signed agreement entered into on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision:
(i) If the employee voluntarily leaves employment with the law enforcement agency not more than 1 year after the date the employee's law enforcement training academy ended, 100% of the cost of the law enforcement training academy up to and not exceeding the employee's salary for the first year of employment with the law enforcement agency.
(ii) If the employee voluntarily leaves employment with the law enforcement agency more than 1 year but less than 2 years after the date the employee's law enforcement training academy ended, 75% of the cost of the law enforcement training academy up to and not exceeding the employee's salary for the first year of employment with the law enforcement agency.
(iii) If the employee voluntarily leaves employment with the law enforcement agency 2 years or more but less than 3 years after the date the employee's law enforcement training academy ended, 50% of the cost of the law enforcement training academy up to and not exceeding the employee's salary for the first year of employment with the law enforcement agency.
(iv) If the employee voluntarily leaves employment with the law enforcement agency 3 years or more but less than 4 years after the date the employee's law enforcement training academy ended, 25% of the cost of the law enforcement training academy up to and not exceeding the employee's salary for the first year of employment with the law enforcement agency.
(c) Remuneration or consideration collected by an employer under an optional education repayment agreement in which the employer offers to fund an employee's education with the understanding that the employee will repay the costs incurred unless the employee remains with the employer for a specific period.
(2) Except for a contribution required or expressly permitted by law or by a collective bargaining agreement, an employer shall not require an employee or a person seeking employment to contribute directly or indirectly to a charitable, social, or beneficial purpose as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 32 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
