Section 408.962 - [Revived Effective 2/1/2025] DefinitionsAs used in this act:
(a) "Department" means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. (b) "Director" means the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs or his or her designee. (c) "Domestic partner" means an adult in a committed relationship with another adult, including both same-sex and different-sex relationships. "Committed relationship" means one in which the employee and another individual share responsibility for a significant measure of each other's common welfare, such as any relationship between individuals of the same or different sex that is granted legal recognition by a state, political subdivision, or the District of Columbia as a marriage or analogous relationship, including, but not limited to, a civil union. (d) "Domestic violence" has the same meaning as provided in section 1 of 1978 PA 389, MCL 400.1501. (e) "Earned sick time" means time off from work that is provided by an employer to an employee, whether paid or unpaid, that can be used for the purposes described in subsection (1) of section 4 of this act. (f) "Employee" means an individual engaged in service to an employer in the business of the employer, except that employee does not include an individual employed by the United States government. (g) "Employer" means any person, firm, business, educational institution, nonprofit agency, corporation, limited liability company, government entity, or other entity that employs 1 or more individuals, except that employer does not include the United States government. (h) "Family member" includes all of the following: (i) A biological, adopted or foster child, stepchild or legal ward, a child of a domestic partner, or a child to whom the employee stands in loco parentis. (ii) A biological parent, foster parent, stepparent, or adoptive parent or a legal guardian of an employee or an employee's spouse or domestic partner or a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child. (iii) A person to whom the employee is legally married under the laws of any state or a domestic partner. (vi) A biological, foster, or adopted sibling. (vii) Any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship. (i) "Health care professional" means any of the following: (i) Any person licensed under federal law or the law of this state to provide health care services, including, but not limited to, nurses, doctors, and emergency room personnel. (ii) A certified midwife. (j) "Retaliatory personnel action" means any of the following: (i) Denial of any right guaranteed under this act. (ii) A threat, discharge, suspension, demotion, reduction of hours, or other adverse action against an employee or former employee for exercise of a right guaranteed under this act. (iii) Sanctions against an employee who is a recipient of public benefits for exercise of a right guaranteed under this act. (iv) Interference with, or punishment for, an individual's participation in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this act. (k) "Sexual assault" means any act that constitutes a violation of section 520b, 520c, 520d, 520e, 520f, or 520g of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520b, 750.520c, 750.520d, 750.520e, 750.520f, and 750.520g. (l) "Small business" means an employer for which fewer than 10 individuals work for compensation during a given week. In determining the number of individuals performing work for compensation during a given week, all individuals performing work for compensation on a full-time, part-time, or temporary basis shall be counted, including individuals made available to work through the services of a temporary services or staffing agency or similar entity. An employer is not a small business if it maintained 10 or more employees on its payroll during any 20 or more calendar workweeks in either the current or the preceding calendar year. 2018, Act 338,s 2, revived eff. 2/1/2025.Amended by 2018, Act 369,s 2, eff. 3/29/2019.Added by 2018, Act 338,s 2, eff. 3/29/2019.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.