Section 408.384 - Minimum hourly wage rate.
MINIMUM WAGE LAW OF 1964 (EXCERPT)
Act 154 of 1964
408.384 Minimum hourly wage rate.
Sec. 4.
(1) Subject to the exceptions specified in this act, the minimum hourly wage rate shall be:
(a) Beginning September 1, 1997, $5.15.
(b) Beginning October 1, 2006, $6.95.
(c) Beginning July 1, 2007, $7.15.
(d) Beginning July 1, 2008, $7.40.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if a ballot proposal that establishes a minimum wage is approved by the majority of electors voting on the question at the general election on November 7, 2006, the minimum wage shall be as established in the ballot proposal.
History: 1964, Act 154, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1997 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1997 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 81, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2006
Compiler's Notes: For creation of bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation within department of consumer and industry services; transfer of powers and duties of bureau of worker's compensation and unemployment agency to bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation; transfer of powers and duties of director of bureau of worker's compensation and director of unemployment agency to director of bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation; and, transfer of powers and duties of wage and hour division of worker's compensation board of magistrates to bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation, see E.R.O. No. 2002-1, compiled at MCL 445.2004 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.For creation of the new wage and hour division as a type II agency within the department of labor and economic growth, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.For transfer of powers and duties of the former wage and hour division of the department of consumer and industry services, transferred to the bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation, to the new wage and hour division within the department of labor and economic growth by type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.