Michigan Minimum Wage Increase Unlikely to Take Effect on Jan. 1
9 & 10 News 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 minimu...