Michigan House passes tipped wage bill

Michigan House votes on minimum wage, paid sick leave bills
The Michigan House passed legislation to change the state's paid sick leave and minimum wage laws before court-ordered changes take effect next month.
Michigan House passes tipped wage bill ahead of looming deadline
The bill affecting restaurant servers and others who receive tips now heads to the Michigan Senate for consideration.
House votes to scale back pending minimum wage, paid sick leave laws
LANSING — The Republican-led House voted Thursday to keep intact portions of existing minimum wage and paid sick time laws rather than let new, more expansive replacements take effect in a month, a move to aid anxious business owners but one that would affect more than 1 million workers.
Michigan's tipped wage law: House passes bill to stop raises, limit paid sick time
The Michigan House of Representatives has passed a bill to block the state's minimum wage for tipped workers from into effect, while also attempting to limit paid sick time for those same workers.
Michigan House passes tipped wage and sick time intervention bills
LANSING — The Michigan House took action on two long-awaited proposals Thursday, passing bills to intervene in the upcoming tipped wage and sick time changes. The changes, set to go into effect Feb. 21, would begin a phaseout of the tipped wage and increase in the minimum wage, eliminating the tipped wage entirely in 2030.
Bill would call on Maryland voters to decide $20 minimum wage, tax exemption for tips
A new bill under consideration in the General Assembly would put the measure on the November 2026 ballot for voters to decide whether to increase the minimum wage to $20 an hour. Bill proponents want the increase to apply to tipped workers, and they want to exempt tips from taxes.
GOP-led Michigan House votes to curb paid sick leave, tipped wage laws
The Michigan House OK'd bills retaining the tipped wage for restaurant workers and limiting the reach of paid sick leave laws taking effect Feb. 21.
Maryland Dems push bill to raise minimum wage to $20; Republicans say it’s ‘dead on arrival’
State Democratic lawmakers are pushing a bill that would allow Maryland voters to raise the minimum wage from $15 to $20 — including for workers in the service industry — but it’s receiving a thumbs ...
Democrats push $15 minimum wage, GOP raises business concerns
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Ro Khanna says Democrats should demand a minimum wage increase in exchange for helping Trump raise the debt ceiling
Khanna told Business Insider that a federal minimum wage increase has broad support and that Democrats "should force ...
Proposed legislation would increase Maryland's minimum wage to $20 for tipped workers
BALTIMORE -- State leaders plan to introduce legislation that would put a minimum wage increase on Maryland's 2026 ballot. Maryland Delegate Adrian Boafo and Senator Cory McCray introduced the ...
Minimum wage increases pose major challenge for restaurant industry in blue states
Some 65 cities across the country rolled out wage increases at the start of the month, and restaurant owners are still ...
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State minimum wage increase pushes Evanston businesses to adjust
Evanston businesses took the Jan. 1 Illinois minimum wage increase to $15 an hour in stride. January’s increase — a $1 growth ...
Timing of minimum wage rises questioned by chamber
A business lobby group has questioned the timing of moves to align the minimum and living wages and called for the government ...
Do minimum wage hikes negatively impact students' summer employment?
New research in Contemporary Economic Policy indicates that rising minimum wages in a state are associated with reduced ...