Advocacy News – Oct. 2, 2024
Despite a Supreme Court (Court) ruling in July finding Michigan’s current minimum wage law constitutional, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) announced this week that the state’s minimum wage will increase twice in 2025: first Jan. 1, and again Feb. 21.
Why it matters: There were questions about whether LEO would interpret the Court’s ruling to invalidate the current minimum wage law immediately, thereby invalidating the Jan. 1 scheduled increase. Unless challenged in Court or changed by the Legislature, LEO’s decision to increase the wage twice in 2025 will hold, meaning the minimum wage will jump from $10.33 an hour to $10.56 an hour Jan. 1, 2025, and then to $12.48 an hour Feb. 21, 2025.
- The tipped employee rate of hourly wage will increase from $3.93 to $4.01 an hour in January and to $5.99 in February (48% of the full minimum wage).
- The $4.25 an hour training wage for employees for young adults under the age of 20 remains intact.
Go deeper: Learn more about the Michigan Supreme Court’s clarifying order specifying the minimum wage schedule for 2025 and beyond as well as an update on our advocacy efforts on minimum wage and paid leave. Have questions? Contact Wendy Block at wblock@michamber.com.