Issuance of check or other order for payment of wages; violation; penalty; prima facie evidence.

MCL 408.486

in effect

408.486. Issuance of check or other order for payment of wages; violation; penalty; prima facie evidence. Sec. 16. (1) An employer who issues a check or other order for the payment of wages and who, at the time of issuance, knows or should know that the check or other order shall not be paid, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. (2) Any of the following is prima facie evidence that the person at the time of issuance of the check or other order for the payment of wages, knew or should have known it should not be paid: (a) Proof that, at the time of issuance, there was not an account with the drawee. (b) Proof that, at the time of issuance, there were not sufficient funds or credit with the drawee and that the employer failed within 5 days after receiving notice of nonpayment or dishonor to pay the check or other order. (c) Proof that even though presentment was made within a reasonable time, the employer did not have sufficient funds or credit with the drawee, and failed within 5 days after receiving notice of nonpayment or dishonor to pay the check or other order. 1978, Act 390, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1978 [Compiler] For creation of bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation within department of consumer and industry services; transfer of powers and duties of bureau of worker's compensation and unemployment agency to bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation; transfer of powers and duties of director of bureau of worker's compensation and director of unemployment agency to director of bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation; and, transfer of powers and duties of wage and hour division of worker's compensation board of magistrates to bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation, see E.R.O. No. 2002-1, compiled at MCL 445.2004 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. [Compiler] For creation of the new wage and hour division as a type II agency within the department of labor and economic growth, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011. [Compiler] For transfer of powers and duties of the former wage and hour division of the department of consumer and industry services, transferred to the bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation, to the new wage and hour division within the department of labor and economic growth by type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011. [Compiler] For the transfer of powers and duties of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs to the department of labor and economic opportunity, see E.R.O. No. 2019-3, compiled at MCL 125.1998.

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