Bill Text: MI HB4720 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Labor; hours and wages; wages for certain tipped employees; modify. Amends sec. 4d of 2014 PA 138 (MCL 408.414d).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-17 - Printed Bill Filed 06/17/2015 [HB4720 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4720-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4720

 

June 16, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Faris, Plawecki, Guerra and Chang and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A bill to amend 2014 PA 138, entitled

 

"Workforce opportunity wage act,"

 

by amending section 4d (MCL 408.414d).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4d. (1) Before September 1, 2014, the minimum hourly wage

 

rate is $2.65 per hour and, beginning September 1, 2014, the The

 

minimum hourly wage rate is 38% of the minimum hourly wage rate

 

established in section 4 for an employee is as provided in

 

subsection (2) if all of the following occur:conditions are

 

satisfied:

 

     (a) The employee receives gratuities in the course of his or

 

her employment.

 

     (b) If the gratuities described in subdivision (a) plus the

 

minimum hourly wage rate under this subsection (2) do not equal or

 

exceed the minimum hourly wage otherwise established under section

 

4, the employer pays any shortfall to the employee.

 

     (c) The gratuities are proven gratuities as indicated by the

 

employee's declaration for purposes of the federal insurance

 

contributions act, 26 USC 3101 to 3128.   

 

     (d) The employee was informed by the employer of the

 

provisions of this section.

 

     (2) If the conditions in subsection (1) are satisfied, the

 

minimum hourly wage rate for the employee is the following

 

percentage of the minimum hourly wage rate specified in section 4:

 

     (a) Beginning September 1, 2014, 38%.

 

     (b) Beginning January 1, 2016, 59%.

 

     (c) Beginning January 1, 2017, 80%.

 

     (3) (2) As used in this section, "gratuities" means tips or

 

voluntary monetary contributions received by an employee from a

 

guest, patron, or customer for services rendered to that guest,

 

patron, or customer and that the employee reports to the employer

 

for purposes of the federal insurance contributions act, 26 USC

 

3101 to 3128.

 

     (4) This section does not apply after December 31, 2017.