Sec. 2. An employer shall not discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against an employee regarding the employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, reports or is about to report, verbally or in writing, a violation or a suspected violation of a law or regulation or rule promulgated pursuant to law of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or the United States to a public body, unless the employee knows that the report is false, or because an employee is requested by a public body to participate in an investigation, hearing, or inquiry held by that public body, or a court action.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.362
Discharging, threatening, or otherwise discriminating against employee reporting violation of law, regulation, or rule prohibited; exceptions
Applied in 127 court decisions — leading case Suchodolski v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. (1982)
Most recently applied in Stephen Caudle v. Hard Drive Express, Inc. (February 2024)
1980, Act 469, Eff
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