Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 397 of 1978 - Bullard-Plawecki Employee Right to Know Act (423.501 - 423.512)
Section 423.508 - Gathering or Keeping Certain Information Prohibited; Exceptions; Information as Part of Personnel Record.

Sec. 8.
(1) An employer shall not gather or keep a record of an employee's associations, political activities, publications, or communications of nonemployment activities, except if the information is submitted in writing by or authorized to be kept or gathered, in writing, by the employee to the employer. This prohibition on records shall not apply to the activities that occur on the employer's premises or during the employee's working hours with that employer that interfere with the performance of the employee's duties or duties of other employees.
(2) A record which is kept by the employer as permitted under this section shall be part of the personnel record.
History: 1978, Act 397, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979 Popular Name: Right-to-Know

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations

Act 397 of 1978 - Bullard-Plawecki Employee Right to Know Act (423.501 - 423.512)

Section 423.501 - Short Title; Definitions.

Section 423.502 - Personnel Record Information Excluded From Personnel Record; Use in Judicial or Quasi-Judicial Proceeding.

Section 423.503 - Review of Personnel Record by Employee.

Section 423.504 - Copy of Information in Personnel Record; Fee; Mailing.

Section 423.505 - Disagreement With Information Contained in Personnel Record; Agreement to Remove or Correct Information; Statement; Legal Action to Have Information Expunged.

Section 423.506 - Divulging Disciplinary Report, Letter of Reprimand, or Other Disciplinary Action; Notice; Exceptions.

Section 423.507 - Review of Personnel Record Before Releasing Information; Deletion of Disciplinary Reports, Letters of Reprimand, or Other Records; Exceptions.

Section 423.508 - Gathering or Keeping Certain Information Prohibited; Exceptions; Information as Part of Personnel Record.

Section 423.509 - Investigation of Criminal Activity by Employer; Separate File of Information; Notice to Employee; Destruction or Notation of Final Disposition of File and Copies; Prohibited Use of Information; Release of Information to Certain Law...

Section 423.510 - Right of Access to Records Not Diminished.

Section 423.511 - Violation; Action to Compel Compliance; Jurisdiction; Contempt; Damages.

Section 423.512 - Effective Date.