LANSING — Michiganders likely won’t see changes in their minimum wage or paid sick leave until at least February, according to a Friday court ruling over the state Legislature’s handling of citizen-backed initiatives in 2018.
More than a week after Court of Claims Judge Douglas Shapiro ordered Michigan businesses to increase minimum wage to $12 per hour and offer paid sick leave to workers, he delayed implementation of the changes on Friday while the case is under appeal.
In his initial July 19 opinion, Shapiro — appointed to by former Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm — found Michigan lawmakers violated the state Constitution in 2018 when they adopted citizen-driven initiatives on minimum wage and paid sick leave and weakened the language two months after.
The ballot measure would have raised the minimum wage from $10 in 2019 to $12 by 2022, but lawmakers changed the law so the minimum wouldn’t reach that rate until 2030. They also weakened a paid sick leave initiative that year, exempting small businesses with 50 or fewer workers from requiring paid sick leave.
His July 19 ruling is under appeal, and...
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