Michigan Gov. Whitmer Takes Action to Raise Overtime Pay Threshold for Michigan Workers
October 24, 2019
October 24, 2019
LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 24 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release:
Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer directed the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity to submit a request for rulemaking to expand the right to overtime pay to more Michigan workers. Changes in federal law are set to extend overtime pay rights to workers making up to $35,500, but even then less than one in six Michiganders will benefit, down from a peak of more than 60% of workers . . .
Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer directed the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity to submit a request for rulemaking to expand the right to overtime pay to more Michigan workers. Changes in federal law are set to extend overtime pay rights to workers making up to $35,500, but even then less than one in six Michiganders will benefit, down from a peak of more than 60% of workers . . .