Other law, regulation, requirement, policy, or standard, including collective bargaining agreement; scope and limitation of act.
MCL 408.971
in effect408.971. Other law, regulation, requirement, policy, or standard, including collective bargaining agreement; scope and limitation of act.
Sec. 11.
(1) This act provides minimum requirements pertaining to earned sick time and shall not be construed to preempt, limit, or otherwise affect the applicability of any other law, regulation, requirement, policy, or standard, including a collective bargaining agreement, that provides for greater accrual or use of time off, whether paid or unpaid, or that extends other protections to employees.
(2) This act does not do any of the following:
(a) Prohibit an employer from providing more earned sick time than is required under this act.
(b) Diminish any rights provided to any employee under a collective bargaining agreement.
(c) Subject to section 12, preempt or override the terms of any collective bargaining agreement in effect prior to the effective date of this act.
(d) Prohibit an employer from establishing a policy that permits an employee to donate unused accrued earned sick time to another employee.
2018, Act 338, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019; Am. 2018, Act 369, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019; 2018, Act 338, Eff. Feb. 21, 2025
[Compiler] Public Act 338 was proposed by initiative petition pursuant to Const. 1963, art 2, section 9. On September 5, 2018, the initiative petition was approved by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the Senate and an affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the House of Representatives, and filed with the Secretary of State on September 5, 2018.
[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.
[Compiler] See Mothering Justice v Attorney General, case no. 165325, July 31, 2024. The Michigan Supreme Court held that 2018 PA 369 was unconstitutional and, therefore void and revived the original initiative as enacted by the Legislature on September 5, 2018, effective February 21, 2025.
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-408-971Fetched: 10/20/2026