Minimum wage increase affects hiring
June 22, 2008
The Flint Journal on mlive.com:The Michigan state minimum wage goes up 25 cents to $7.40 an hour for adults on July 1, following a $2 increase between October 2006 to July 2007.
Those younger than 18 get a double increase when the state raises its minimum wage 21 cents to $6.29 on July 1, and then the federal minimum wage goes up to $6.55 on July 24.Employers must pay the highest minimim wage for which employees are eligible. And, in another year, the federal minimum wage jumps to $7.25 an hour for teens.