Michigan, minimum wage and paid sick time

Gov. Whitmer signs Michigan tipped minimum wage, paid sick leave bills into law
The bills signed Friday will see minimum wage in Michigan rise to $15 an hour by 2027, and maintain the so-called tip credit for employers.
Michigan lawmakers make 11th hour changes to paid sick time, minimum wage laws
The moves were expected to cap, at least temporarily, a seven-year battle in the Capitol and Michigan courtrooms over two petition-backed proposals.
Legislature OKs 11th-hour deal on paid sick leave rules, finalizes minimum wage changes
Michigan lawmakers late Thursday inked an 11th-hour, bipartisan deal to alter paid sick leave requirements, paving the way for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to sign them and minimum wage changes into law Friday.
Michigan lawmakers pass tipped wage and sick leave compromise before midnight deadline
Michigan lawmakers passed a compromise bill Thursday night that would preserve the state's tipped wage credit, adjust scheduled increases to the minimum wage, and amend paid sick leave laws.
Michigan House OKs scaling back tipped minimum wage, paid sick leave negotiations continue
The GOP-led Michigan House voted Wednesday on a measure to scale back a minimum wage hike for tipped worker that is supposed to take effect Friday.
Michigan Gov. Whitmer Agrees to Limit Wages for Tipped Workers Amid Minimum Wage Hike
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a compromise that scales back paid sick leave and wages for tipped workers in an effort to appease businesses following a minimum wage hike
Gov. Whitmer signs bills on Michigan's minimum wage, sick time
In the final hours before Michigan's minimum wage was set to increase, lawmakers passed two bills that aimed to increase wages at a slightly slower rate.
See Michigan’s new minimum wage, tipped wage – and what they could have been
Michigan tipped workers just saw the single-largest raise to their wages in state history. But it could have been higher.
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Record number of employees plan to call out sick after the Super Bowl
While employees are entitled to their PTO, the majority of workers plan to ghost work entirely, or call out sick last minute.
No PTO, high burnout: German man’s ‘mind blown’ response to U.S. work culture is going viral
A man from Germany who moved to the U.S. with his American wife faced what he called “work culture shock” from the lack of ...
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Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act Amended: Employer Takeaways
Michigan lawmakers voted to amend the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) to provide greater clarity and flexibility to both ...
Michigan Senate passes sick time policy ahead of Feb. 21 deadline
The Michigan Senate OK'd the state's sick time policy Thursday night, shortly before the Feb. 21 deadline.