Michigan House passes tipped wage bill

Michigan House votes on minimum wage, paid sick leave bills
The Michigan House passed legislation to change the state's paid sick leave and minimum wage laws before court-ordered changes take effect next month.
Michigan House passes tipped wage bill ahead of looming deadline
The bill affecting restaurant servers and others who receive tips now heads to the Michigan Senate for consideration.
House votes to scale back pending minimum wage, paid sick leave laws
LANSING — The Republican-led House voted Thursday to keep intact portions of existing minimum wage and paid sick time laws rather than let new, more expansive replacements take effect in a month, a move to aid anxious business owners but one that would affect more than 1 million workers.
Poll finds bipartisan support for increasing Michigan’s minimum wage and paid sick leave benefits
A majority of Michiganders, including Republicans, support changes to the state’s minimum wage and paid sick leave laws set to take effect next month, per a 2024 state Supreme Court ruling.  That’s according to poll results released Thursday by Progress Michigan asking more than 500 Michigan voters their opinion about the changes which would increase
Michigan House passes tipped wage and sick time intervention bills
LANSING — The Michigan House took action on two long-awaited proposals Thursday, passing bills to intervene in the upcoming tipped wage and sick time changes. The changes, set to go into effect Feb. 21, would begin a phaseout of the tipped wage and increase in the minimum wage, eliminating the tipped wage entirely in 2030.
Michigan House passes bills to change minimum wage, paid sick leave
The Michigan House approved two bills on tipped wages and paid sick leave, aiming to counter upcoming Supreme Court changes.
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The Senate authorized its Democratic leader to pursue legal action against the House for failing to convey nine bills to Whitmer's desk.
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