Bill Text: MI HB6075 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Labor; hours and wages; training hourly wage criteria under the workforce opportunity wage act; modify. Amends sec. 4b of 2014 PA 138 (MCL 408.414b).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-12-03 - Printed Bill Filed 12/03/2014 [HB6075 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB6075-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6075

 

December 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. O'Brien and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

 

     A bill to amend 2014 PA 138, entitled

 

"Workforce opportunity wage act,"

 

by amending section 4b (MCL 408.414b).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4b. (1) An employer may pay a new employee who is less

 

than 20 years of age a training hourly wage of $4.25 $6.25 for the

 

first 90 days of that employee's employment. The hourly wage

 

authorized under this subsection is in lieu of the minimum hourly

 

wage otherwise prescribed by this act.

 

     (2) Except as provided in subsection (1), the minimum hourly

 

wage for an employee who is less than 18 20 years of age is 85% of

 

the general minimum hourly wage established in section 4 or the

 

federal minimum wage, whichever is greater.

 

     (3) An employer shall not displace an employee to hire an

 

individual at the hourly wage authorized under this section. As

 

used in this subsection, "displace" includes termination of

 

employment or any reduction of hours, wages, or employment

 

benefits.

 

     (4) A person who violates subsection (3) is subject to a civil

 

fine of not more than $1,000.00.