SENATE BILL No. 520

 

 

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.