SB 8 — Labor: hours and wages; minimum hourly wage rate; modify Amends secs. 2, 4, 4d, 9 & 10 of 2018 PA 337 (MCL 408.932 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4002'25

SB-8, As Passed House,Senate, February 19,13, 2025 SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO.

(c) "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 GSS S01065'25 (S-10)_SB8_APH_1(S-10)_SB8_APS_1 rbmdtacrfv1i 1 employed subject to section 15(1) of the youth employment standards act, 1978 PA 90, MCL 409.115.

The increase state treasurer shall be calculated calculate the increase by multiplying the otherwise applicable minimum wage by the 12-month percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, CPI-W, the midwest region, CPI-U, or a successor index, as published by the bureau of labor statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States department of GSS S01065'25 (S-10)_SB8_APH_1(S-10)_SB8_APS_1 rbmdtacrfv1i 1 labor, Department of Labor, based upon on the most recent 12-month period for which data are available.

, except as This subdivision does not prohibit an employee from voluntarily shared sharing the employee's gratuities with other employees who are another employee if the other employee GSS S01065'25 (S-10)_SB8_APH_1(S-10)_SB8_APS_1 rbmdtacrfv1i 1 is directly or indirectly part of the chain of service and whose the other employee's duties are not primarily managerial or supervisory.

beginning January 1, 2023, it shall be 90% of the minimum hourly wage rate established under GSS S01065'25 (S-10)_SB8_APH_1(S-10)_SB8_APS_1 rbmdtacrfv1i 1 section 4;

GSS S01065'25 (S-10)_SB8_APH_1(S-10)_SB8_APS_1 rbmdtacrfv1i 1 (a) Bring a civil action for the recovery of the difference between the amount paid and the amount that, but for the violation, would have been paid the employee under this act and an equal additional amount as liquidated damages together with costs and reasonable attorney fees as are allowed by the court.

(1) This act does not apply to an employer that is GSS S01065'25 (S-10)_SB8_APH_1(S-10)_SB8_APS_1 rbmdtacrfv1i 1 subject to the minimum wage provisions of the fair labor standards act of 1938, 29 USC 201 to 219, unless the application of those federal minimum wage provisions to the employer would result in a lower minimum hourly wage than provided in under this act.

GSS S01065'25 (S-10)_SB8_APH_1(S-10)_SB8_APS_1 rbmdtacrfv1i 1 (3) This act does not apply to persons individuals employed in summer camps for not more than 4 months or to employees who are covered under section 14 of the fair labor standards act of 1938, 29 USC 214.

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