Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants Michigan to have more generous standards to guarantee overtime pay for salaried workers.
Governor Whitmer used a small retail business in Detroit as the setting for her announcement. She says there are nearly 200 thousand salaried workers in the state who should qualify for overtime.
“That’s how we grow our economy. That’s how we create and protect jobs. And that’s how we protect people who are truly working and trying to get ahead.”
A rule will be drafted by the state Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity. It will say workers who make 51 thousand dollars or less annually will qualify for overtime. That’s more generous than the federal standard.
It won’t take effect until after it goes through a rule-making process.
Five other states have already taken similar steps to make more workers eligible for overtime