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Nightside Report Dec. 11, 2020: University of Michigan professor explains voting ‘No’ on COVID vaccine; Family seeks justice in 2012 murder of Eastern Michigan University student
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DETROIT – The University of Michigan’s Dr. A. Oveta Fuller specializes in immunology and microbiology.
The FDA advisory committee that recommended the Pfizer vaccine largely agreed it was safe and effective. 17 members voted for it and four voted against it.
One of those No votes came from Oveta, a virologist and viral pathogen researcher. She said she was concerned about the vaccine’s long-term impact.
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Michigan’s scheduled minimum wage increase not expected to go into effect next month
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LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Bureau of Employment Relations, Wage and Hour Division announced that the state’s scheduled minimum wage increase is not expected to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2021.
Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act of 2018 does not allow scheduled minimum wage increases when the state’s annual unemployment rate for the preceding calendar year is above 8.5 percent.
Michigan’s 2020 annual unemployment rate is determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Dept. of Labor. It’s calculated by using both average labor force and unemployment levels for January through December.
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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.