Act No. 43
Public Acts of 2023
Approved by the Governor
June 13, 2023
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 13, 2023
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 13, 2023
STATE OF MICHIGAN
102ND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
Introduced by Reps. Tyrone Carter, Young, McFall, Pohutsky, Arbit, Conlin, Brabec, Rheingans,
Grant, Hoskins, Tsernoglou, Wilson, Brenda Carter, Mentzer, Farhat, Edwards, Price,
Snyder, Liberati, McKinney, Paiz, Byrnes, O’Neal, Glanville, Whitsett, Coleman, Haadsma,
Scott, Beson, BeGole, DeBoer and Aiyash
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4176
AN ACT 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) 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 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.
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(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.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
Compiler's note: Senate Bill No. 32, referred to in enacting section 1, was filed with the Secretary of State June
13, 2023 and became 2023 PA 44, Imd. Eff. June 13, 2023.
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