LANSING — Tipped wages and employee sick time continued to loom over the Michigan Legislature on its second day back, with lawmakers taking steps to advance legislation in the coming weeks.

UPDATE, 02/21/2025, 12:10 a.m. — SB 8 and HB 4002 passed through both the House and Senate with enough support to go into effect immediately, but Gov. Whitmer has yet to sign the bills. It’s unclear ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Business owners around Grand Rapids are calling on lawmakers to change the state’s new law on paid sick time, set to take effect in February. In July, the Michigan Supreme ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Michigan labor group is urging lawmakers to keep a new law in place that will soon expand paid sick time requirements across the state. The law is set to go into effect ...

CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan lawmakers have just days to reach a deal before the state requires small and large businesses to offer paid sick time to all employees. While lawmakers have made ...

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MICHIGAN (WSBT) — A major update to Michigan’s sick leave policy is now in effect, changing how employees earn time off and how businesses must manage it. So, what do these changes mean for workers ...

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The Michigan State House is seen in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. As new members of the Legislature are sworn in on a day of pomp, the tone for 2013 could be set in part by two early ...