May 19, 2005, Introduced by Senators TOY, KUIPERS, CHERRY, GILBERT and CROPSEY and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled
"Elliott-Larsen civil rights act,"
by amending section 201 (MCL 37.2201), as amended by 1980 PA 202.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 201. As used in this article:
(a) "Employer" means a person who has 1 or more employees, and
includes an agent of that person.
(b) "Employment agency" means a person regularly undertaking
with or without compensation to procure, refer, recruit, or place
an employee for an employer or to procure, refer, recruit, or place
for an employer or person the opportunity to work for an employer
and includes an agent of that person.
(c) "Labor organization" includes the following:
(i) An organization of any kind, an agency or employee
representation committee, group, association, or plan in which
employees
participate and which that exists for the purpose, in
whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances,
labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours, or other terms or
conditions of employment.
(ii) A conference, general committee, joint or system board, or
joint
council which that is subordinate to a national or
international labor organization.
(iii) An agent of a labor organization.
(d)
"Sex" includes, but is not limited to, pregnancy,
childbirth,
or a all of the following:
(i) Pregnancy.
(ii) Childbirth.
(iii) A medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth
that does not include nontherapeutic abortion not intended to save
the life of the mother.
(iv) The expression of breast milk by a nursing mother.