LANSING, MI (WTVB) – A state House committee has approved a pair of bills to change the upcoming minimum wage hike and paid sick time law. Both bills will soon be up for a vote in the full House which is now controlled by Republicans. The bills will keep tipped wages at a maximum of 38 percent of the minimum wage. Small businesses would also be exempt from providing paid sick time. 35th District Republican State Representative Jennifer Wortz is …

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A Michigan House committee sent legislation to change Michigan's minimum wage and sick leave laws to the floor for a vote.

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For Immediate Release January 16, 2025 Contact: Mikell Frey mfrey@mlpp.org 517-414-0497 League sounds alarm on bills that will threaten Michigan’s minimum wage and paid sick time protections Legislation that passed out of a House committee today would put nearly 1.5 million workers at risk along with families, communities LANSING—The Michigan League for Public Policy is strongly opposed to House Bills 4001 and 4002 that passed out of the House S…

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State Rep. Parker Fairbairn (R-Harbor Springs) sits in the House Select Committee on Protecting Michigan Employees and Small Businesses on Jan. 14, 2025. | Anna Liz NicholsWhen Republicans in the Michigan House of Representatives took control of the chamber on Jan. 8, they immediately got to work, introducing legislation to preserve Michigan’s tipped minimum wage and moderate changes to the state’s paid sick leave policy.  Eight days later, that…

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Michigan House panel votes out bills curtailing tipped wage and sick leave laws • Michigan Advance

After the Michigan Legislature’s lame-duck debacle in December when very little was accomplished to advance the majority Democrat agenda, lawmakers appear poised in the 2025 legislative session to tackle the state’s Supreme Court-mandated minimum wage and paid sick leave laws. House lawmakers on Thursday advanced House Bills 4001-02 without opposition by the House Select Committee […]

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House Select committee advances bill to help Michigan workers, small businesses as wage disruption looms - The Midwesterner

A state House committee approved legislation Thursday to scale back minimum wage and earned sick time laws set to take effect in a few weeks.These fast-tracked bills would restore a tipped wage that’s lower than the new minimum wage, put more conditions on earned sick leave, and slow down the scheduled increases in both. The bills were both approved with broad bipartisan votes that sent them to the House floor for action next week.“There’s a con…

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