Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.556 (2026)

Discrimination between sexes in payment of wages.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE

Act 328 of 1931

750.556 Discrimination between sexes in payment of wages.

Sec. 556.

Any employer of labor in this state, employing both males and females, who shall discriminate in any way in the payment of wages as between sexes who are similarly employed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. No female shall be assigned any task disproportionate to her strength, nor shall she be employed in any place detrimental to her morals, her health or her potential capacity for motherhood. Any difference in wage rates based upon a factor other than sex shall not violate this section.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.556 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 37, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963

FormerLaw Notes:

See sections 1 and 2 of Act 239 of 1919, being CL 1929, §§ 8497 and 8498.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1966–1980 · leading case: Gerlach v. Michigan Bell Tel. Co., 448 F. Supp. 1168 (E.D. Mich. 1978).

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Gerlach v. Michigan Bell Tel. Co., 448 F. Supp. 1168 (E.D. Mich. 1978). · cites it 2× “§ 750.556. Defendant has moved to dismiss all but six of the plaintiffs from the Equal Pay Act cause of action, to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims for compensatory and so-called punitive damages under each of their state causes of action, or, in the alternative, to dismiss each…”

Barczak v. Rockwell Int'l Corp., 244 N.W.2d 24 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “, and the equal pay act, MCLA 750.556; MSA 28.824. The last complained of action by defendant was the allegedly wrongful discharge of plaintiff on June 22, 1970.”

Dep't of Civil Rights v. Taylor Sch. Dist., 292 N.W.2d 161 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “That statute provides: "Any employer of labor in this state, employing both males and females, who shall discriminate in any way in the payment of wages as between sexes who are similarly employed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. No female shall be assigned any task…”

Schroeder v. Dayton-Hudson Corp., 448 F. Supp. 910 (E.D. Mich. 1978). “§ 750.556, M.S.A. § 28.824, would appear to be identical to the potential recovery under the Minimum Wage Law of 1964.”

Gerlach v. Michigan Bell Tel. Co., 501 F. Supp. 1300 (E.D. Mich. 1980). “§ 750.556, not to discriminate against women in the payment of wages.”

Int'l Union, Ua, a., & Ai Wkrs. v. Wm Chace Co., 262 F. Supp. 114 (E.D. Mich. 1966). “1948, § 750.556 [P.A.1962, No. 37]: “Any employer of labor in this state, employing both males and females, who shall discriminate in any way in the payment of wages as between sexes who are similarly employed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”

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