Minimum wage & paid leave

Current understanding

Michigan’s minimum-wage and earned-sick-time rules and litigation.

Evidence log

• 2026-05-12 — Labor: hours and wages; scheduling standards for certain employers; provide for. Creates new act.: HB 5954 (introduced) would create a new Michigan act establishing scheduling standards (fair-workweek style) for certain employers covering hours and wages — see employer-scheduling-standards. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-09 — Individual income tax: credit; make it in Michigan tax credit program; create. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 279. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6061’26, HB 6062’26, HB 6063’26, HB 6064’26: HB 6065 (introduced) would add sec. 279 to 1967 PA 281 creating a new ‘Make It in Michigan’ individual income tax credit program; tie-barred with HB 6061–HB 6064 as part of a coordinated talent-attraction package — see make-it-in-michigan-tax-credit. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-09 — Corporate income tax: credits; credit for student loan payments made by employer on behalf of a qualified employee who received a diploma or degree from an institution located in this state; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 679. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6061’26, HB 6062’26, HB 6064’26, HB 6065’26: HB6063 (introduced) would add sec. 679 to 1967 PA 281 creating a corporate income tax credit for employers that make student loan payments on behalf of qualified employees holding a Michigan diploma or degree; tie-barred with HB 6061, HB 6062, HB 6064, and HB 6065 — see employer-student-loan-repayment-credit. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-09 — Individual income tax: credit; credit for student loan payments made by certain taxpayers who remained in or returned to this state for employment; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 279a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6062’26, HB 6063’26, HB 6064’26, HB 6065’26: HB 6061 (introduced) would add sec. 279a to 1967 PA 281 creating an individual income tax credit for student loan payments by taxpayers who remained in or returned to Michigan for employment, a talent-retention measure tie-barred with HB 6062–HB 6065 — see student-loan-repayment-tax-credit. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-09 — Labor: working conditions; suitable seats; require employers to provide to employees under certain circumstances. Creates new act.: HB6057 (introduced) would create a new Michigan act requiring employers to provide suitable seats to employees under certain circumstances, adding a new working-conditions mandate — see suitable-seats-requirement. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-09 — Labor: collective bargaining; poster of collective bargaining rights; require certain employers to display at work sites and provide to employees. Amends 1939 PA 176 (MCL 423.1 - 423.30) by adding sec. 8.: HB6056 (introduced) would amend 1939 PA 176 (MCL 423.1–423.30) by adding sec. 8 to require certain employers to display and distribute a poster informing employees of their collective bargaining rights under the Public Employment Relations Act — see collective-bargaining-rights-poster. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-17 — Retirement: other; MI secure retirement program board; establish. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0807’26: SB 0808 (passed chamber) would create a new act establishing the MI Secure Retirement Program Board to oversee retirement savings options for workers lacking employer plans; tie-barred with SB 0807 — see nonpublic-employee-retirement-program. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-17 — Retirement: other; retirement program for certain nonpublic employees to participate in a benefit plan; create, and provide oversight. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0808’26: SB 0807 (passed chamber) would create a new act establishing a retirement benefit program for certain nonpublic (private-sector) employees with oversight provisions; tie-barred with SB 0808 — see nonpublic-employee-retirement-program. (novelty: 3) (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-16 — Labor: collective bargaining; tenants right to organize; provide for. Creates new act.: HB6088 (introduced) would create a new Michigan act extending collective bargaining rights — a labor-law framework traditionally applied to workers — to tenants organizing against landlords; see tenants-right-to-organize. (novelty: 4)
• 2026-06-23 — Labor: health and safety; revisions to the occupational safety and health act; provide for. Amends title & secs. 4, 13, 14, 14a, 14e 14f, 14j, 14n, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 41, 45, 46, 52, 54, 55, 56, 63, 65 & 91 of 1974 PA 154 (MCL 408.1004 et seq.) & repeals sec. 1035a of 1974 PA 154 (MCL 408.1035a).: SB 0049 (referred to Senate Government Operations) proposes broad revisions to the 1974 Occupational Safety and Health Act (MCL 408.1004 et seq.), amending 20+ sections and repealing sec. 1035a — see occupational-safety-health-act-revisions. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-18 — Labor: fair employment practices; certain noncompete agreements for physicians; prohibit. Amends sec. 4a of 1984 PA 274 (MCL 445.774a).: HB 6119 (introduced) would amend sec. 4a of 1984 PA 274 (MCL 445.774a) to prohibit certain noncompete agreements for physicians as a fair employment practices matter — see physician-noncompete-prohibition. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-24 — Labor: fair employment practices; use of electronic monitoring or automated decisions tools by an employer; prohibit except for certain purposes. Creates new act.: SB 1077 (introduced) would create a new fair employment practices act restricting employer use of electronic monitoring and automated decision tools — see employer-automated-decision-tools. (novelty: 4)
• 2026-06-18 — Public utilities: electric utilities; project labor agreements and prevailing wage and fringe benefit rates; require for certain data center contracts. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii.: SB 1048 (introduced) would require prevailing wage and fringe benefit rates (alongside project labor agreements) for certain electric utility data center contracts under 1939 PA 3 — see data-center-utility-project-labor-agreements. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-23 — Civil procedure: foreclosure; foreclosure or garnishment of wages for medical debt; prohibit. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5254’25: HB 5255 (passed chamber) would create a new act prohibiting garnishment of wages (and foreclosure) to collect medical debt; tie-barred with HB 5254 — see medical-debt-wage-foreclosure-prohibition. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-25 — Public utilities: electric utilities; project labor agreements; require for certain data center contracts. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10kk. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135’26, HB 6140’26, HB 6137’26, HB 6138’26, HB 6142’26, HB 6139’26: HB6141 (introduced) would add sec. 10kk to 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 et seq.) requiring electric utilities to use project labor agreements for certain data center contracts; tie-barred with HB 6135, 6137, 6138, 6139, 6140, and 6142 — see data-center-utility-project-labor-agreements. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-01 — Labor: youth employment; youth employment standards act; restore former provisions, and eliminate requirement for a work permit. Amends title & secs. 2, 5, 7, 10, 15 & 20 of 1978 PA 90 (MCL 409.102 et seq.); adds sec. 19a & repeals secs. 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 6, 8 & 9 of 1978 PA 90 (MCL 409.104a et seq.).: HB 5727 (passed chamber) amends the 1978 Youth Employment Standards Act (MCL 409.102 et seq.) to restore former provisions and eliminate the work permit requirement for minors — see youth-employment-standards. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-03 — Corporate income tax: credits; employer credit for paid organ donation leave; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding secs. 279 & 679.: SB 301 (passed chamber) would add secs. 279 & 679 to 1967 PA 281 creating a corporate income tax credit for employers providing paid organ donation leave — see organ-donation-leave-tax-credit. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-03 — Labor: leave; local unit of government’s option to provide paid leave for military active service; modify to reflect mandatory paid leave for certain members of law enforcement agencies and fire departments. Amends sec. 3a of 1955 PA 133 (MCL 32.273a). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5233’25: HB 5232 (passed chamber) amends MCL 32.273a to make paid leave for military active service mandatory (not optional) for law enforcement and fire department personnel at local units of government; tie-barred with HB 5233 — see military-leave-public-safety. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-03 — Civil procedure: garnishment; certain benefits and tax credits; exempt from garnishment, and provide state limit on wages that are subject to garnishment. Amends sec. 4031 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.4031) & adds secs. 4001a, 4032 & 4033.: HB6205 (introduced) would cap the portion of wages subject to garnishment under a new state limit and exempt certain benefits and tax credits — see wage-garnishment-limits. (novelty: 3)

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