HOUSE BILL No. 6222

June 20, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Hoogendyk, Gosselin, Garfield, Baxter, Drolet, Pastor, Brandenburg and Steil and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

 

     A bill to amend 1964 PA 154, entitled

 

"Minimum wage law of 1964,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 408.382), as amended by 1997 PA 2.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Commissioner" means the director of the department of  

 

consumer and industry services  labor and economic growth.

 

     (b) "Employee" means an individual not less than 16 years of

 

age employed by an employer on the premises of the employer or at a

 

fixed site designated by the employer  ,  and includes a minor

 

employed under section 15(1) of the youth employment standards act,

 

1978 PA 90, MCL 409.115.

 

     (c) "Employer" means a person, firm, or corporation, including

 


the state and its political subdivisions, agencies, and

 

instrumentalities  ,  and a person acting in the interest of the

 

employer,  who  that employs  2  50 or more employees at any 1 time

 

within a calendar year. An employer shall be subject to this act

 

during the remainder of that calendar year.

 

     (d) "Employ" means to engage, suffer, or permit to work.