Bill > HB4230

This bill amends a 1978 law regulating the payment of wages and fringe benefits to employees. The key provisions of this bill are: 1. It removes the prohibition on deducting money from a public employee's wages for certain political purposes, such as contributions to a separate segregated fund established by a corporation or labor organization. 2. It maintains the requirement for written consent from an employee before deducting money, except for deductions required or permitted by law or a collective bargaining agreement. 3. It allows employers to deduct overpayments of wages or fringe benefits from an employee's pay within 6 months, without the employee's written consent, if certain conditions are met. 4. It allows employers to deduct an employee's debt that was subject to a default judgment, without the employee's written consent, if certain conditions are met. The bill aims to change the rules around deductions from public employees' wages for political purposes, while preserving other protections for employees regarding deductions from their pay.

Government Affairs, Labor and Employment

http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2023-HB-4230