HOUSE BILL No. 4490

 

April 21, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Guerra, Sarah Roberts, Derek Miller, Liberati, Darany, Faris, Chang, Wittenberg, Zemke, LaVoy, Cochran, Brunner, Geiss, Moss, Hoadley, Yanez, Hovey-Wright, Durhal, Love, Townsend, Brinks, Dillon, Garrett, Driskell and Singh and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 609, entitled

 

"Full employment planning act of 1978,"

 

by amending section 3 (MCL 408.903), as amended by 1981 PA 131.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. (1) Not later than November 1 , 1981 and annually

 

thereafter, each year, the department of labor talent and workforce

 

development shall submit to the governor a report setting forth

 

projections for the immediately subsequent 5 years which that

 

includes all of the following:

 

     (a) Projected trends in the levels of employment, production,

 

and purchasing power, and a review of economic conditions affecting

 

these economic trends.

 

     (b) Projected levels and types of employment available in both

 

the private and public sectors.

 

     (c) Projected levels and characteristics of the labor force in


this state.

 

     (d) Projected levels of unemployment by type and area.

 

     (e) The identity by race, age, sex, occupation, education,

 

income, and geographic location of persons in this state who will

 

not be provided a job opportunity or commensurate employability

 

service as identified in subdivision (b) and subsection (8), and

 

who will require income support, other supportive services, or

 

both.

 

     (f) Current and projected levels of pay differential for men

 

and women who perform the same work.

 

     (g) (f) Full supporting social and economic data upon which

 

mandatory statements required by subdivisions (a) to (e) (f) are

 

based, including demographics, labor force statistics and

 

characteristics, and additional data upon which the statements are

 

based. To the degree feasible, the data shall include indicators

 

which clearly depict the distribution of social and economic

 

benefits by race, age, sex, income, residence, and other relevant

 

demographic characteristics.

 

     (h) (g) A status report of the recommendations in the biennial

 

employment plan submitted by the governor in accordance with

 

subsection (6).

 

     (2) On Not later than November 1 , 1981, and on of every even

 

numbered year, thereafter, the department of labor talent and

 

workforce development shall submit to the governor an employment

 

plan setting forth recommendations by priority for all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Increasing the number of unsubsidized employment


opportunities.

 

     (b) Increasing the employability of the unskilled, low-

 

skilled, and obsoletely skilled members of the labor force.

 

     (c) Creating subsidized job opportunities that will provide

 

labor for the production of essential goods or services.

 

     (d) Increasing the effectiveness of the public education

 

system in equipping youth with skills, attitudes, and experiences

 

necessary for a successful transition to the labor force.

 

     (e) Legislation, which if enacted, would cause the creation of

 

new employment opportunities or the retention of existing

 

employment.

 

     (f) Decreasing the wage disparity between men and women who

 

perform the same work.

 

     (3) The recommendations referred to in subsection (2) which

 

that require the an appropriation of funds shall be supported by a

 

concise statement of resource requirements. Other recommendations

 

shall be supported by sufficient explanation to enable the

 

legislature to clearly understand the course of action to be taken

 

and the agency which has been, or will be, charged by the governor

 

to carry out the proposed action.

 

     (4) The department of labor talent and workforce development

 

and the department of social health and human services shall

 

include, as a part of the initial submission of the employment plan

 

to the governor, a report analyzing the relationship of income

 

maintenance programs and the full employment policies of this act.

 

     (5) Not later than 10 days after the legislature convenes in

 

January of 1982, and annually thereafter, each year, the governor


shall transmit to the legislature a report which meets the

 

requirements prescribed as described in subsection (1).

 

     (6) Not later than 10 days after the legislature convenes in

 

January of 1982, and in every odd numbered year, thereafter, the

 

governor shall transmit to the legislature a full employment plan

 

which meets the requirements prescribed as described in subsections

 

(2) and (3).

 

     (7) Each state department shall cooperate and assist the

 

department of labor talent and workforce development in the

 

collection and analysis of collecting and analyzing data , and in

 

advising of on priorities and recommended courses of action to

 

achieve the goals and objectives set forth in the biennial

 

employment plan and the annual report required by subsection (1).

 

     (8) The governor shall annually submit to the legislature a

 

report which that lists with appropriate description,

 

quantification, and dollar value, all federal decisions which that

 

will affect employment or which will provide for the financing of

 

goods or services in this state.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.