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Overtime exemptions go to governor.(Column)(regulations)(Consumers Energy Co. and the Detroit Edison Co. buys land)(Deborah Roberts becomes executive director at Michigan State Building Authority)
Crain's Detroit Business, September, 2006 by Lane, Amy
Byline: Amy Lane A bill that retains overtime exemptions for employers when the state minimum wage rises on Oct. 1 is on its way to Gov. Jennifer Granholm, after clearing the Legislature on Wednesday. The state Senate and House gave immediate effect to House Bill 6213, sponsored by Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland.
The bill preserves the vast majority of exemptions employers had worried they'd lose, said Ari Adler, press secretary to Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema, R-Wyoming. Until now, federal overtime rules have prevailed because Michigan's minimum wage was below the federal minimum wage. But with Michigan's minimum wage now set to rise to $6.95 an hour on Oct., 1, surpassing the $5.15 federal rate, the federal minimum wage law will no longer apply. As a...
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