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<p class="MsoNormal">Below is some information regarding Minimum wage increases for 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Take Care!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Clare<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Clare D. Membiela, MLS, J.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Law Consultant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:MembielaC@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">MembielaC@michigan.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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 attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular issue or problem.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity <LEO@govsubscriptions.michigan.gov>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 11, 2020 3:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Membiela, Clare (MDE) <MembielaC@michigan.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RELEASE: Minimum wage increase unlikely to take effect on Jan. 1<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><i><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">Minimum wage increase unlikely to take effect on Jan. 1</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">LANSING, Mich.
</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">– The Michigan Bureau of Employment Relations, Wage and Hour Division today announced the state’s scheduled minimum wage increase is not expected to go into effect on
 Jan. 1, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">Michigan’s
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<span style="color:#1F89C1">Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act</span></a> of 2018 prohibits scheduled minimum wage increases when the state’s annual unemployment rate for the preceding calendar year is above 8.5%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">The state’s 2020 annual unemployment rate, which is determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Dept. of Labor, is calculated by using both average labor force and unemployment
 levels for January through December.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">While Michigan’s October unemployment rate continued its downward trend and is 5.5%, the annual average from January through October currently sits at 10.2% and is highly unlikely to
 dip below the 8.5% threshold when BLS releases the final 2020 unemployment numbers for Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">If, as expected, the annual unemployment rate does not fall below 8.5%, then effective Jan. 1, 2021:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michigan’s minimum wage will remain at $9.65 an hour.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323232;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 85% rate for minors age 16 and 17 remains $8.20 an hour.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323232;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tipped employees rates of pay remains $3.67 an hour.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#323232;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The training wage of $4.25 an hour for newly hired employees age 16 and 17 for their first 90 days of employment remains unchanged.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">Per statute, future increases to the minimum wage rate will occur in each calendar year following a calendar year for which the unemployment rate for this state, as determined by the
 BLS, is less than 8.5%. See MCL 408.934(1) and (2).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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