SB-0250, As Passed Senate, October 19, 2016

SENATE BILL No. 250

(As amended January 25, 2016)

April 14, 2015, Introduced by Senator O'BRIEN and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

     A bill to amend 2014 PA 138, entitled

"Workforce opportunity wage act,"

by amending section 4b (MCL 408.414b).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 4b. (1) An employer may pay a new employee who is less

than 20 years of age a training hourly wage of $4.25 $6.25 for the

first 90 days of that employee's employment. The hourly wage

authorized under this subsection is in lieu of the minimum hourly

wage otherwise prescribed by this act.

     (2) Except as provided in subsection (1), the minimum hourly

wage for an employee who is less than <<18  >> years of age is 85% of

the general minimum hourly wage established in section 4 or the

federal minimum wage, whichever is greater.

     (3) An employer shall not displace an employee to hire an

individual at the hourly wage authorized under this section. As

Senate Bill No. 250 as amended October 11, 2016

used in this subsection, "displace" includes termination of

employment or any reduction of hours, wages, or employment

benefits.

     (4) A person who violates subsection (3) is subject to a civil

fine of not more than $1,000.00.

<<(5) The wage rates authorized in subsection (1) or (2) do not apply to an individual who is an active member of or has received an honorable discharge from regular or reserve service in any branch of the armed services of the United States.>>

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.