Bill Text: MI HB5624 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor; hours and wages; minimum wage; increase, and index to consumer price index. Amends secs. 4 & 7a of 1964 PA 154 (MCL 408.384 & 408.387a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-16 - Printed Bill Filed 05/16/2012 [HB5624 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5624-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5624
May 15, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Tlaib, Santana, Womack, Lindberg, Hobbs, Stanley, Olumba, Ananich, Barnett, Meadows, Switalski and Jackson and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill to amend 1964 PA 154, entitled
"Minimum wage law of 1964,"
by amending sections 4 and 7a (MCL 408.384 and 408.387a), section 4
as amended by 2006 PA 81 and section 7a as amended by 1997 PA 1.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4. (1) Subject to the exceptions specified in this act,
the minimum hourly wage rate shall be:
(a) Beginning September 1, 1997, $5.15.
(b) Beginning October 1, 2006, $6.95.
(c) Beginning July 1, 2007, $7.15.
(d) Beginning July 1, 2008, $7.40.
(e) Beginning January 1, 2013, the higher of the minimum wage
set forth in the fair labor standards act of 1938, 29 USC 201 to
219, or $7.90.
(f) Beginning July 1, 2013, the higher of the minimum wage set
forth in the fair labor standards act of 1938, 29 USC 201 to 219,
or $8.40.
(g) Beginning January 1, 2014, the higher of the minimum wage
set forth in the fair labor standards act of 1938, 29 USC 201 to
219, or $9.00.
(h) Beginning July 1, 2014, the higher of the minimum wage set
forth in the fair labor standards act of 1938, 29 USC 201 to 219,
or $9.50.
(i) Beginning January 1, 2015, the higher of the minimum wage
set forth in the fair labor standards act of 1938, 29 USC 201 to
219, or $10.00.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), if a ballot proposal that
establishes
a minimum wage is approved by the majority of electors
voting
on the question at the general election on November 7, 2006,
the
minimum wage shall be as established in the ballot proposal.
(2) In January of each year following a year in which the
there was no change to the higher of the state or federal minimum
wage rate other than an adjustment pursuant to this subsection, the
wage and hours division of the department of licensing and
regulatory affairs shall calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate.
The adjustment shall increase the minimum wage applicable in the
preceding year by the rate of inflation. The increase shall be
calculated by multiplying the otherwise applicable minimum wage by
the 12-month percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price
index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, CPI-W, or a
successor index, as published by the bureau of labor statistics of
the United States department of labor, based upon the most recent
12-month period for which data are available. The adjusted minimum
wage rate shall be published by February 1 of the year it is
calculated and is effective beginning April 1 of that year.
Sec. 7a. (1) The minimum hourly wage rate of an employee shall
be
$2.65 per hour 50% of the
minimum hourly wage rate established
in section 4 if all of the following occur:
(a) The employee receives gratuities in the course of his or
her employment.
(b) The gratuities described in subdivision (a) equal or
exceed
the difference between $2.65 per hour and 50% of the minimum
hourly wage established under section 4.
(c) The gratuities are proven gratuities as indicated by the
employee's declaration for federal insurance contribution act
purposes.
(d) The employee was informed by the employer of the
provisions of this section.
(2) As used in this section, "gratuities" means tips or
voluntary monetary contributions received by an employee from a
guest, patron, or customer for services rendered to that guest,
patron, or customer and that the employee reports to the employer
for purposes of the federal insurance contribution act, chapter 21
of
subtitle C of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. USC
3101 to 3128.
