On Jan. 14, Brian Shoaf, the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Vice President of Public Policy and Business Advocacy, testified before the House Select Committee on Protecting Michigan Employees and Small Businesses in support of HB 4001-2, which are necessary amendments to the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA)’s dangerous issues for business across Michigan, as well as minimum wage laws.
As introduced, HB 4002 makes several key changes: the definition of employee to make sure that it does not include independent contractors that you hire at work or in your own home, like a babysitter. It also allows the frontloading of the 72 hours of earned sick time and defines small business as less than 50 employees among other changes that we have been working for. These changes will make the implementation of ESTA easier for both employees and employers.
HB 4001 would retain the tipped minimum wage at 38% and have a gradual increase …