Work Labor Law For Salaried Employees In Michigan
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Following a recent decision by Michigan's Supreme Court, there will be 2 increases to the minimum wage in 2025. As of January 1, 2025, Michigan's minimum wage is $10. 56 per hour. From February 21, 2025, it is $12.48, with further yearly increases scheduled (with adjustments for inflation):
No Michigan law requires employers to offer meal and/or rest breaks to employees over the age of 18. If an employer chooses to provide breaks to employees, they must align with the federal requirements: Breaks may be unpaid if they last 30+ minutes and relieve the employee of all duties.
The exempted professions include individuals not covered by minimum wage requirements, agricultural workers, employees of seasonal amusement establishments, public office holders, and administrative, professional, or executive employees like teachers or school administrators.
First, using the same methodology the DOL used in 2019, the rule raised the salary threshold to $844 per week ($43,888 annually). This increase became generally effective on July 1, 2024.
As of January 1, 2025, Michigan's minimum wage is $10. 56 per hour. From February 21, 2025, it is $12.48, with further yearly increases scheduled (with adjustments for inflation): February 21, 2028: $14.97 per hour.
By definition, a salaried employee's time at work isn't the factor that determines their compensation. So as long as they can satisfy their employer's conditions, then yes.
As a salaried exempt employee, you must make at least double the yearly amount that a minimum wage hourly worker would make working a 40-hour work week each week. Beginning in 2023, California established that the minimum wage in the state is $15.50 an hour; however, depending on where you're located, it might be more.
Effective July 1, 2024, the salary threshold will increase to the equivalent of an annual salary of $43,888 and increase to $58,656 on Jan. 1, 2025. The July 1 increase updates the present annual salary threshold of $35,568 based on the methodology used by the prior administration in the 2019 overtime rule update.
The short answer is that an employer can terminate an employee for leaving work early for a class, or leaving work early for any reason without permission or outside of company policy. However, an employee can't discriminate against you, so someone else is allowed to leave early for a class like yours.
