Introduced
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To make it unlawful to pay less than $5.90 an hour to an hourly employee beginning July 1, 2005, less than $6.65 beginning Jan. 1, 2006, and less than $7.15 beginning Jan. 1, 2007, notwithstanding any voluntary agreement between the employer and employee. The current minimum wage level required for hourly employees is $5.15 an hour.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor
Motion
To "call the question" on the bill, ending all debate, and preventing additional amendments from being offered (like one to index the mandated wage levels to inflation, for example).
The motion passed 22 to 15 (details)
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that would make unlawful to pay a person an hourly wage that is less than $6.95 beginning Oct. 1, 2006, $7.15 beginning July 1, 2007 and $7.40 beginning July 1, 2008. Note: At the time of this vote unions and other political organizations are gathering signatures on petitions for a November 2006 ballot initiative to place a slightly lower minimum wage mandate into the state constitution, and also index the wage level to inflation. The substitute would make Michigan low-skill or first-time workers covered by the law the fourth most expensive in the nation.
The substitute passed 35 to 0 (details)
Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)
To make it unlawful to pay a person an hourly wage that is less than $6.95 beginning Oct. 1, 2006, $7.15 beginning July 1, 2007 and $7.40 beginning July 1, 2008 notwithstanding any voluntary agreement between the employer and employee. The current minimum wage level required for hourly employees is $5.15 an hour. The bill would not index these levels to the cost of living. The bill would make Michigan low-skill or first-time workers covered by the law the fourth most expensive in the nation.
Passed in the House 73 to 34 (details)
