What is the minimum wage requirement for employees under 18?
Effective July 1, 2007 Michigan Minimum Wage will be increasing from $6.95 per hour to $7.15 per hour. Employers who have employees who earn Tips and Gratuities may be paid a cash wage of $2.65 per hour if all of the following applies: the employee received gratuities or tips that equal or exceed the difference between $2.65 per hour and the minimum wage of $7.15 per hour. The gratuities must be proven, as indicated by the employee’s declaration for FICA purposes and the employee was informed of these provisions. To better understand tipped employees, the Michigan law states that as long as the employee’s wage of $2.65 and earned tips divided by the number of hours worked is equal to the minimum wage law, then all qualifications have been met. Employers can pay employees who are less that 18 years of age 85% of the general minimum hourly wage which is equal to $6.08 per hour until their 18th birthday. Please note that all employees who are currently not making the new minimum wage limi
