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Some of Michigan’s new laws in 2025 include minimum wage increases, paid sick time, and automatic voter registration.
Minimum wage
The minimum wage in Michigan increased to $10.56 per hour on January 1, 2025, and will increase again to $12.48 per hour on February 21, 2025.
The 85% rate for minors under 18 increased to $8.98 per hour on January 1, 2025, and will increase to $10.61 per hour on February 21, 2025.
The tipped employee rate increased to $4.01 per hour on January 1, 2025, and will increase to $5.99 per hour on February 21, 2025.
The Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) will go into effect on February 21, 2025. It applies to almost all Michigan employers, including part-time, temporary, and exempt employees.
Employers with 10 or more employees:
- Must allow employees to accrue up to 72 hours of paid sick time per year.
Employers with fewer than 10 employees:
- Must allow employees to accrue up to 40 hours of paid sick time and 32 hours of unpaid sick time per year.
How is sick time accrued?
Employees accrue one hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked
What can employees use sick time for?
- To care for themselves or family members
- During certain public health emergencies
- For certain purposes related to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
Who is covered by the ESTA?
All Michigan employers, except the U.S. government, must comply with the ESTA.
3 Days to Yourself
(But you’ll have to wait till April 2025)
Michigan law allows employees to miss work for up to three days without calling in sick or showing up, before employers can request documentation. This is known as a “no call, no show” policy.
- Employees can carry over unused sick days into the next year.
- Employees can miss up to three consecutive days of work without being fired.
- After three days of no-call, no-show, employers can request documentation from employees.
- Employees who are absent without contacting their employer are presumed to have left their job voluntarily.
- However, bills have been introduced that would allow employers to discipline employees after three days of no-call, no-show.
- These bills would also exempt businesses with fewer than 50 employees from new sick leave requirements.
- Some businesses are concerned that the new laws will force them to raise prices or risk going out of business.
- The Michigan Restaurant Association and other industry groups are lobbying for changes to the law.
- Unemployment benefits: Increased from 20 to 26 weeks, with a maximum weekly benefit of $614
- Organ donor tax credit: Up to $10,000 to help cover costs like lost wages and medical bills
- Cage-free eggs: Stores must sell eggs from cage-free farms
- Automatic voter registration: When applying for a driver’s license or ID, or applying for Medicaid or leaving prison
- CPR in high schools: Coaches must be certified in CPR and AED use\
- Equal treatment for children born through surrogacy: Includes access to birth certificates and other government records
- LGBTQ family rights: Eliminates a costly process to legitimize parental rights
- Family recognition of parental rights: Makes it easier and cheaper for families to get formal recognition of their parental rights
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