Minimum Wage, Sick Leave Pare-back Bills Go to Michigan Governor

Bills that would cut recently adopted sick leave benefits and a minimum wage hike are headed to Gov. Rick Snyder‘s (R) desk.

The Michigan House voted Dec. 4 to slash pro-worker measures passed in September in a legislative maneuver called “adopt and amend.” The pare-back plan, backed by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, allowed the Republican-controlled legislature to adopt robust citizen ballot initiatives for sick leave and minimum wage—thus removing them from the ballot box—and then pare them back in the lame duck session.

Michigan legislators join lawmakers in Maine and Washington, D.C., who walked back voter-approved minimum ...