HOUSE BILL No. 6552

 

 

November 29, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Roberts and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade.

 

     A bill to amend 2014 PA 138, entitled

 

"Workforce opportunity wage act,"

 

by amending section 4 (MCL 408.414).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4. (1) Subject to the exceptions specified in this act,

 

the minimum hourly wage rate is:

 

     (a) Before September 1, 2014, $7.40.

 

     (b) Beginning September 1, 2014, $8.15.

 

     (c) Beginning January 1, 2016, $8.50.

 

     (d) Beginning January 1, 2017, $8.90.

 

     (e) Beginning January 1, 2018, $9.25.

 

     (2) Every January beginning in January 2019, the state

 

treasurer shall adjust the minimum wage by an amount determined by

 

the state treasurer at the end of the preceding calendar year to

 

reflect the average annual percentage change in the consumer price

 


index for the most recent 5-year period for which data are

 

available. As used in this subsection, "consumer price index" means

 

the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the

 

midwest region from the bureau of labor statistics of the United

 

States department of labor. The wage and hours division of the

 

department of licensing and regulatory affairs shall post the

 

adjusted minimum wage on its website by February 1 of the year it

 

is calculated, and the adjusted rate is effective beginning April 1

 

of that year. An annual increase under this subsection shall not

 

exceed 3.5%.

 

     (3) An increase in the minimum hourly wage rate as prescribed

 

in subsection (2) does not take effect if the unemployment rate

 

determined by the bureau of labor statistics, United States

 

department of labor, for this state is 8.5% or greater for the year

 

preceding the year of the prescribed increase.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.