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December 11, 2020
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, minimum wage workers will not see the state’s minimum wage increase on the first of the year.
Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act of 2018 prohibits minimum wage increases when the state’s annual unemployment rate for the preceding calendar year is above 8.5%.
While October’s unemployment numbers trended down, the annual unemployment average from January to October is more than 10%.
If, as expected, the annual unemployment rate does not fall below 8.5%, then effective Jan. 1, 2021:
Michigan’s minimum wage will remain at $9.65 an hour.
The 85% rate for minors age 16 and 17 remains $8.20 an hour.