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Michigan Senate votes to scale back tipped wage hike in bipartisan deal

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LANSING — The Michigan Senate voted late Thursday to advance legislation that would significantly scale back a pending increase in the state’s tipped wage under a bipartisan deal as talks continued on also softening new paid sick leave requirements due to take effect Feb. 21. Senate Bill 8 would phase in... Please login to read all 1213 words.

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wdet.org

Minimum wage proposal passes Senate - WDET 101.9 FM

Many Michigan workers would make at least $15 an hour within the next two years under a plan passed Thursday in the state Senate. Under the bill, the minimum wage for tipped workers would eventually rise to half of what others are making. Tips are supposed to make up the difference. That’s still different, however, than a court-restored minimum wage law set to take effect next Friday. That law would incrementally grow the state’s minimum wage fo…

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The Gander

Michigan Senate passes compromise legislation on tipped wages

BY ANNA LIZ NICHOLS, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—As sweeping changes to Michigan’s minimum wage and earned sick time standards, which pose concerns in the restaurant industry, are set to take effect next week, the state Senate found a compromise on Thursday to preserve tipped wages. It’s one piece to the puzzle, but after days of testimony and frequent rallies at the Capitol Building by members of the service industry asking lawmakers to intercede…

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Crain's Detroit Business

House speaker proposes compromise on wage, leave laws as deadline looms

House Speaker Matt Hall is pitching a compromise as Michigan legislators work to potentially change tipped minimum wage and paid medical leave requirements.

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97.5 Y Country

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Local restaurant welcomes deal on tipped wage

Restaurant owners across Michigan are watching closely as the state Legislature inches toward a tipped wage and paid sick leave deal to avoid sweeping changes on February 21. Among them is Dan McCrery, the owner of Tosi’s Restaurant in Stevensville. McCrery tells us he wishes the state would listen to the owners of affected businesses before it implements drastic policy changes. He says the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association fought hard…

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wsjm.com

Nesbitt, Andrews welcome compromise on tipped wage

State Representative Joey Andrews says the compromise reached in the Michigan Senate on the tipped wage isn’t perfect, but it’s better than previous proposals. The Senate Thursday announced a deal to prevent a looming change that essentially would have caused tipped workers in Michigan to gradually be switched to the full minimum wage by 2030 and starting February 21. Restaurants across the state warned it would put them out of business. Andrews…

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MLPP

League opposes Senate bill that would maintain subminimum wages for tipped workers in Michigan

For Immediate Release February 14, 2025 Contact: Laura Millard Ross lauramr@mlpp.org (517) 281-1084 League opposes Senate bill that would maintain subminimum wages for tipped workers in Michigan Senate Bill 8 undermines the tipped wage policy set to take place on Feb. 21 under a Michigan Supreme Court ruling LANSING—The Michigan League for Public Policy opposes Senate Bill (SB) 8, which passed out of the Michigan Senate last night. While SB 8 w…

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