MI SB0991

Establishes new minimum wage schedule with rates of $10.56 (2024), $10.80 (2025), $11.04 (2026), $11.29 (2027), $11.54 (2028), $11.79 (2029), and $12.05 (2030), replacing the prior inflation-adjustment mechanism.

Adds unemployment trigger that suspends scheduled minimum wage increases if the state unemployment rate is 8.5% or greater in the preceding calendar year; suspended increases take effect in the first year unemployment falls below 8.5%.

Reduces the tipped minimum wage to 38% of the full minimum wage rate (simplified from the prior graduated schedule), while requiring employers to pay the difference if tips plus base wage do not equal the full minimum wage.

Removes the prior requirement for tipped employees to retain all gratuities except for voluntary sharing with service staff, and eliminates the mandate for written consent at hire.

Makes technical corrections throughout including word choice changes (e.g., "shall" to "must," "in lieu of" to "instead of") and clarifies that this act supersedes previous workforce opportunity wage laws without special protection for prevailing wage laws.