2005 Senate Bill 318 ↩

House Roll Call 188: Passed

To make it unlawful to pay a person an hourly wage that is less than $6.95 beginning Oct. 1, 2006, $7.15 beginning July 1, 2007 and $7.40 beginning July 1, 2008 notwithstanding any voluntary agreement between the employer and employee. The current minimum wage level required for hourly employees is $5.15 an hour. The bill would not index these levels to the cost of living. The bill would make Michigan low-skill or first-time workers covered by the law the fourth most expensive in the nation.