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.