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Michigan House approves Senate Bill 8, raising minimum wage to $15 and retaining tipped-wage framework
Summary
The Michigan House passed Senate Bill 8, amending the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act to raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour while keeping tipped-wage provisions; several proposed amendments and substitutes failed before final passage by recorded vote.
The Michigan House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 8, an amendment to the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act that sets a $15-per-hour minimum wage while preserving tipped-wage provisions, after rejecting several amendments and substitutes and recording a 69-40 final vote, the clerk announced.
The bill matters because it changes the state minimum-wage baseline while maintaining the tipped-wage system used by restaurants and other service employers, an outcome lawmakers described as a bipartisan compromise to address worker pay and business…
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