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How Has Michigan's Tipped Employee Minimum Hourly Wage Changed?

Posted by Beth Thomas on Mon, Jan 25, 2016 @ 08:00 AM

Michigan’s minimum wage increased on January 1, 2016 to $8.50 per hour for workers 18 years or older, and to $3.23 per hour for tipped employees.  This increase is part of Public Act 138, the Workforce Opportunity Wage Act, passed May 27, 2014, which gradually increases Michigan’s minimum wage to $9.25 per hour in 2018.

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Tags: Michigan Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage, Small Business

Do I Have To Pay Overtime To My Salaried Employees?

Posted by Aric Salgat on Mon, Dec 28, 2015 @ 08:00 AM

Since 2004, the Department of Labor has not updated the regulations pertaining to white collar workers and the overtime pay provisions. 

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Tags: Payroll Tax, Minimum Wage

How Will My Business be Affected by the New Michigan Minimum Wage Law?

Posted by Beth Thomas on Fri, Jun 20, 2014 @ 08:15 AM

A new minimum wage law was signed by Governor Snyder on May 27.  Starting this September, the first in a series of increases to the state minimum wage will go into effect. 

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Tags: Michigan Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage