408.411 Short title. Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “workforce opportunity wage act”. History: 2014, Act 138, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014 Compiler’s Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of wage deviation board as provided in workforce opportunity wage act, 2014 PA 138, MCL 408.411 to 408.424, […]
408.412 Definitions. Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) “Commissioner” means the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. (b) “Employ” means to engage, suffer, or permit to work. (c) “Employee” means an individual not less than 16 years of age employed by an employer on the premises of the employer or […]
408.413 Applicability of act. Sec. 3. An employer shall not pay any employee at a rate that is less than prescribed in this act. History: 2014, Act 138, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014 Compiler’s Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of wage deviation board as provided in workforce opportunity wage act, 2014 PA 138, […]
408.414 Minimum hourly wage rate. 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 […]
408.414a Compensation for workweek in excess of 40 hours; exceptions; rules; unpaid minimum wages; appropriation; compensatory time in lieu of monetary overtime compensation. Sec. 4a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, an employee shall receive compensation at not less than 1-1/2 times the regular rate at which the employee is employed for employment […]
408.414b Training hourly wage; employee less than 18 years of age; displacement prohibited; violation; civil fine. 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 for the first 90 days of that employee’s employment. The hourly wage authorized under this […]
408.414c Rates for apprentices, learners, and persons with physical or mental disabilities; establishment. Sec. 4c. On petition of a party in interest or on his or her own initiative, the commissioner shall establish a suitable scale of rates for apprentices, learners, and persons with physical or mental disabilities who are clearly unable to meet normal […]
408.414d Employees receiving gratuities; minimum hourly wage; “gratuities” defined. Sec. 4d. (1) Before September 1, 2014, the minimum hourly wage rate is $2.65 per hour and, beginning September 1, 2014, the minimum hourly wage rate is 38% of the minimum hourly wage rate established in section 4 if all of the following occur: (a) The […]
408.415 Wage deviation board; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; chairperson; commissioner as secretary; quorum; vote on recommendation or report; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of writings to public; compensation and expenses; obtaining data from employer; report to commissioner; reconsideration of rate. Sec. 5. (1) The governor shall appoint, with the […]
408.416 Rules. Sec. 6. The commissioner may promulgate rules necessary for administration of this act under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. History: 2014, Act 138, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014 Compiler’s Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of wage deviation board as provided in workforce opportunity […]
408.417 Statement of hours, wages, and deductions; inspection; posting of regulations and orders. Sec. 7. An employer who is subject to this act or any regulation or order issued under this act shall furnish each employee with a statement of the hours worked by the employee and of the wages paid to the employee, listing […]
408.418 Administration and enforcement of act; investigating and ascertaining wages; revealing facts or information. Sec. 8. The commissioner shall administer and enforce this act and, at the request of the wage deviation board, may investigate and ascertain the wages of employees of an employer subject to this act. The commissioner and the commissioner’s employees shall […]
408.419 Violation of act by employer; civil action; fine. Sec. 9. (1) If an employer violates this act, the employee affected by the violation, at any time within 3 years, may do any of the following: (a) Bring a civil action for the recovery of the difference between the amount paid and the amount that, […]
408.420 Applicability of act; payment in accordance with minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements; conditions; exceptions. Sec. 10. (1) This act does not apply to an employer that is subject to the minimum wage provisions of the fair labor standards act of 1938, 29 USC 201 to 219, unless those federal minimum wage provisions would […]
408.421 Discrimination against employee serving on or testifying to wage deviation board; violation. Sec. 11. An employer that discharges or in any other manner discriminates against an employee because the employee has served or is about to serve on the wage deviation board or has testified or is about to testify before the board, or […]
408.422 Discharge of employees within 10 weeks of employment; violation. Sec. 12. Any employer that consistently discharges employees within 10 weeks of their employment and replaces the discharged employees without work stoppage is presumed to have discharged them to evade payment of the wage rates established in this act and is guilty of a misdemeanor. […]
408.423 Discrimination based on sex. Sec. 13. (1) An employer having employees subject to this act shall not discriminate between employees within an establishment on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees in the establishment at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to employees of the opposite […]
408.424 Operation of massage establishment; violation; penalty. Sec. 14. An employer operating a massage establishment as defined in section 2 of former 1974 PA 251 that violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both. History: 2014, […]
