- Throughout 2024, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed law after law, going to effect through 2025.
- 185 bills were signed in 2024.
- Video shows different law taking effect in 2025 and how they will impact our neighbors.
On the first day of the new year, neighbors will see an increase in the minimum wage. On Wednesday, the minimum wage increased from $10.33 to $10.56 an hour, and the tipped minimum wage increased to $4.01 from $3.93. But in just 51 days, another increase to wages will take effect adding almost 2 dollars to neighbor’s pockets.
And that’s not all that’s new coming to businesses in our neighborhoods. Hourly workers will be able to get 1 hour of earned sick time for every 30 worked, with at least 3 days provided. The unused sick time can be carried over the year.
State lawmakers are pushing to change the minimum wage and the earned sick time law before it takes full effect on February 21st. No modifications were made in the 2024 lawmaking session.
School safety is a continued conversation throughout our neighborhoods. A school safety tip line, added to the education supplemental budget, will allow students to anonymously report improperly stored firearms accessible to minors. Taking effect in April, the tip line will be run by the Michigan Department of Education.