HOUSE BILL 5545 Summary

• Amends Michigan's minimum wage law to allow employees to receive compensatory time off at a rate of 1-1/2 hours for each hour of overtime work instead of monetary overtime compensation.

• Requires express written voluntary agreement between individual employee and employer for compensatory time arrangement; prohibits employers from intimidating, coercing, or discriminating against employees based on their choice to accept or reject compensatory time.

• Limits compensatory time accrual to 240 hours maximum; requires employers to maintain records and provide statements of earned compensatory time to employees.

• Mandates employers provide monetary compensation within 30 days upon employee request for all accrued compensatory time at the employee's regular rate of pay when overtime was performed.

• Allows employees to use accrued compensatory time for any reason unless it would unduly disrupt employer operations; if denied due to operational needs, employee receives monetary compensation instead.