Act No. 375

Public Acts of 2006

Approved by the Governor

September 22, 2006

Filed with the Secretary of State

September 22, 2006

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2006

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Senator Brown

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1364

AN ACT to amend 1964 PA 154, entitled "An act to fix minimum wages for employees within this state; to prohibit wage discrimination; to provide for the administration and enforcement of this act; and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act," by amending section 4b (MCL 408.384b), as added by 1997 PA 1.

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 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.

(3) An employer shall not displace an employee to hire an individual at the hourly wage authorized under this section. As 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.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October 1, 2006.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 453.

(b) House Bill No. 6213.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor