{"id":7739,"date":"2025-02-24T20:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/?post_type=resources&p=7739"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:33:06","slug":"michigan-paid-sick-leave-and-minimum-wage-laws-revised","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/hr-compliance\/employee-leaves\/michigan-paid-sick-leave-and-minimum-wage-laws-revised\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan paid sick leave and minimum wage laws revised"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Michael Cardman<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Michigan’s paid sick leave and minimum wage laws are changing<\/a> once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last summer, the Michigan Supreme Court made employee-friendly changes<\/a> to the laws and ordered that they go into effect today, February 21, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But just as those changes were set to take hold, Michigan’s legislature passed a pair of compromise bills intended to respond to the concerns of small businesses and tipped workers. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the bills into law, and they take effect immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paid Sick Leave Changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The paid sick leave bill, HB 4002<\/a>, amends Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n