Bill Text: MI HB5964 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Labor; sexual harassment; sexual harassment victim's identity in departmental complaint and investigation; provide for confidentiality. Amends sec. 602 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2602).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-11-09 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/19/2016 [HB5964 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5964-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5964

 

 

October 19, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Sarah Roberts, Faris, Chirkun, Darany, Brinks, Greig, LaVoy, Townsend, Cochran, Chang, Wittenberg, Driskell, Lane and Pagan and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled

 

"Elliott-Larsen civil rights act,"

 

by amending section 602 (MCL 37.2602), as amended by 1992 PA 258.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 602. (1) The department shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Be responsible to the executive director, who shall be is

 

the principal executive officer of the department and shall be is

 

responsible for executing the policies of the commission.

 

     (b) Appoint necessary employees and agents and fix their

 

compensation in accordance with civil service rules. The attorney

 

general shall appear for and represent the department or the

 

commission in a court having jurisdiction of a matter under this

 

act.

 

     (c) Receive, initiate, investigate, conciliate, adjust,

 

dispose of, issue charges, and hold hearings on complaints alleging

 

a violation of this act, and approve or disapprove plans to correct

 

past discriminatory practices which that have caused or resulted in

 

a denial of equal opportunity with respect to groups or persons

 

protected by this act.

 

     (d) Require answers to interrogatories, order the submission

 

of books, papers, records, and other materials pertinent to a

 

complaint, and require the attendance of witnesses, administer

 

oaths, take testimony, and compel, through court authorization,

 

compliance with its orders or an order of the commission.

 

     (e) Cooperate or contract with persons and state, local, and

 

other agencies, both public and private, including agencies of the

 

federal government and of other states.

 

     (f) Monitor the awarding and execution of contracts to ensure

 

compliance by a contractor or a subcontractor with a covenant

 

entered into or to be entered into pursuant to section 209.

 

     (2) Upon the request of an individual who is the alleged

 

victim of sexual harassment described in a complaint filed with the

 

department, the department shall keep the identity of the

 

individual confidential. The identity of an alleged victim of

 

sexual harassment in a complaint filed with the department is

 

exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976

 

PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.