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Employer Cheat Sheet for Workplace Laws Taking Effect July 1

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Most employers are prepared for new laws at the start of each year – but did you know that a heap of new workplace laws take effect at the halfway point? Here’s your employer cheat sheet to prepare for July 1 effective dates…...more

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Michigan’s 11th-Hour Changes to Minimum Wage, Tip, and Paid Sick Leave Standards

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On February 21, 2025, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 8 and House Bill 4002, which, effective immediately, revise minimum wage, tip, and paid sick leave standards Michigan employers were expecting to take effect...more

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Voters Decide on State Minimum Wages and Other Workplace Issues

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On Election Day 2024, voters in six states weighed in on ballot initiatives that addressed several employment law topics....more

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2024 Election: Ballot Initiatives for Employers to Watch

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While employers may not think about election days vis-à-vis labor and employment law obligations, this year, there are several states with ballot measures where voters will decide employment mandates. Issues for voters...more

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MI Agencies Request Clarity on New Minimum Wage & Tip Credit Requirements

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On August 22, 2024, the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity (LEO) issued a press release on the heels of the Mothering Justice decision, about which we previously wrote, and which will drastically change the...more

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Changes Coming in 2025 to Michigan Minimum Wage, Tip Credit, and Earned Sick Time

The Michigan Supreme Court has written the latest, and perhaps last, chapter of an ongoing saga affecting most Michigan employers. In Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, the Michigan Supreme Court fully restored sweeping...more

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Michigan Supreme Court Voids Existing Minimum (Cash) Wage and Paid Sick Leave Laws and Revives Old Laws

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On July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court, in a 4-to-3 decision, found unconstitutional legislative amendments that significantly revised minimum wage, tip, and paid sick leave standards....more

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Significant Changes Coming to Michigan Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage

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On July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court issued a decision that significantly changes the state’s paid sick leave and minimum wage requirements. In Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, the Court determined that a...more

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Michigan Supreme Court Revives Voter-Initiated Minimum Wage, Sick Leave Laws

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On July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court revived two 2018 voter-initiated laws aimed at increasing the state’s minimum wage and expanding earned sick time for workers. ...more

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Michigan Supreme Court Holds Employers Must Pay Higher Minimum Wage and Provide Expanded Sick Leave Rights: 3 Steps You Should...

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Big changes are coming for Michigan employers due to a sweeping decision just issued by the state’s highest court. Beginning next year, Michigan employers will be subject to new annual minimum wage increases, gradually lose...more

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2024 Mid-year Employment Law Updates

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Many state and local government employment laws go into effect this summer. Here is a non-exhaustive list of mid-year employment law updates. ...more

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Chicago’s City Council Introduces Proposed Legislation Eliminating the Tip Credit and Expanding Paid Time Off for Chicago...

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On Wednesday July 19, 2023, the Chicago City Council introduced legislation to eliminate the city’s “tip credit” over a two-year period (if passed), in an effort to raise the city’s current hourly minimum wage rate for tipped...more

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IL Minimum Wage 2023 Update – July 1, 2023 Increases to Chicago and Cook County Minimum Wages; January 1, 2023 Increase to the IRS...

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On January 1, 2023, we saw the Illinois minimum wage increase from $12.00 to $13.00. The City of Chicago and Cook County are also increasing their set minimum wages on July 1, 2023. Because the unemployment rate for 2022 was...more

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(Mothering) Justice Denied: Legislative Amendments to Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Upheld

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The Michigan legislature was within its authority to amend two ballot initiatives in 2018, one to significantly raise the minimum wage and the other to greatly expand the availability of paid sick leave to employees, the...more

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Michigan Appeals Court “Undoes” Lower Court’s “Undoing” of What Legislature “Undid” Concerning Minimum Wage, Tip, and Paid Leave...

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On January 26, 2023, a three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a ruling regarding Michigan’s minimum wage, tip, and paid sick and safe time laws. In 2018 the Michigan state legislature overhauled revisions...more

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