{"id":6973,"date":"2024-07-31T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=6973"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:05:31","slug":"changes-to-michigan-minimum-wage-paid-sick-leave-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/hr-compliance\/employee-leaves\/changes-to-michigan-minimum-wage-paid-sick-leave-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Michigan minimum wage, paid sick leave coming soon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-primary-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b5fc8583 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/guides-how-to\/michigan-employment-law\/\">Michigan<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/hrcenter.us.brightmine.com\/assetsbridge\/?assetid=22a0a7d5-4e0f-4239-b575-55a86ca7eecf&amp;slugurl=mothering-justice-v-attorney-general-supreme-court-opinion-granting-leave-and-reversing-court-of-appeals.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruling<\/a> issued today, the Michigan Supreme Court struck down the state&#8217;s current minimum wage and paid sick leave laws. In their place, the high court reinstated earlier versions of the laws enacted by voter initiatives in 2018, which are significantly more beneficial to employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">To give employers time to prepare to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/solutions\/reduce-compliance-risk\/\">comply<\/a>, the court ordered that the restored laws will take effect February 21, 2025. It chose this date because it is 205 days from today \u2014 the same amount of time between the laws&#8217; original enactment in September 2018 and their original effective date in March 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Although the decision cannot be appealed, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce plans to lobby for amendments. In a statement, the group said, &#8220;[W]e believe we can be successful in softening the impact of this adverse Supreme Court ruling via legislative changes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Whats-Changing\">What&#8217;s changing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The tables below provide a side-by-side view of what&#8217;s changing from the laws that are currently in effect to the restored laws that will take effect February 21, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Notable changes to the new minimum wage law include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">A more aggressive timeline for increasing the minimum wage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Annual inflation adjustments in later years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">A gradual phasing out of the tip credit, which would have remained in place indefinitely under the current law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The updated schedule is essentially the original schedule enacted in 2018 moved forward by about six years. Because &#8220;the $10.00 starting point that the Wage Act envisioned for 2019 is not the same as $10.00 in 2024,&#8221; the ruling orders the state treasurer to adjust the minimum wage rates for inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Notable changes to the current paid sick leave law (dubbed the Paid Medical Leave Act) to the restored law (known as the Earned Sick Time Act) include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">A repeal of the exemption for employers with fewer than 50 employees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">An increase in the rates of accrual.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">A restoration of retaliation protections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"How-We-Got-Here\">How we got here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Michigan is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/States_with_initiative_or_referendum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several states<\/a> that allow voters to initiate legislation via petitions. In 2018, a coalition of advocacy groups gathered signatures and successfully petitioned to add initiatives to raise Michigan&#8217;s minimum wage and require employers to offer paid sick leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">At this point, the state legislature had three options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Adopt the proposals as is, without change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Reject the proposals, meaning they would then be placed on the fall ballot and could either be accepted or rejected by voters (and, if adopted by voters, the legislation could then have been amended only with a three-quarters majority in the legislature).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Propose an alternative version for voters to also consider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The legislature chose option one and adopted the proposals as is. However, later that session, the legislature passed amendments that significantly watered down the original versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In 2022, a lower court struck down the amended laws and restored the earlier versions. 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