{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-418.641","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.641","heading":"Noncompliance as misdemeanor; penalty; separate offenses; damages for violation of MCL 418.171 or MCL 418.611; recovery from uninsured employer; disposition of fines; director as party; injuries to which subsections (3), (4), and (5) applicable.","body":"Sec. 641.\n\nAn employer who fails to comply with the provisions of section 611 is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than $1,000.00, or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both. Each day's failure is a separate offense. An individual employee of an employer who refuses to provide information requested by the fund trustees under section 532(10) is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than $1,000.00, or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both.\n\nThe employee of an employer who violates the provisions of section 171 or 611 shall be entitled to recover damages from the employer in a civil action because of an injury that arose out of and in the course of employment notwithstanding the provisions of section 131.\n\nThe director of the bureau shall have the right and obligation to recover on behalf of the workplace health and safety fund from an uninsured employer in a civil action the amounts provided in section 723. If the employer is a corporation, the officers and directors of the corporation shall be individually and jointly and severally liable for any portion of the obligation and expenses that are not satisfied by the corporation.\n\nAny amounts collected pursuant to subsection (3) shall be paid to the uninsured employer's security account within the workplace health and safety fund established in sections 722 and 723.\n\nFor the purposes of this section, the director shall be considered a party as described in section 863.\n\nSubsections (3), (4), and (5) shall apply to injuries that occur on or after June 29, 1990.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 418","Act Act-317-of-1969"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-418-641","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"27cbdd64881cc8aec6f890f13e7c0af83059acfe17791274533c65f1ba284e22","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-418.631","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-418.645"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}