Minimum Wage Ballot Measures, MI’s ‘Right to Sit’ Bill & More

Minimum Wage Measures on Ballot in Multiple States

Measures aimed at increasing the minimum wage are on the ballot in six states this year. Voters in Alaska and Missouri will consider raising their minimum wages to $15 an hour, while in California the minimum wage target is $18 per hour. Massachusetts and Arizona voters, meanwhile, will weigh minimum wages for tipped workers, which can currently be paid less than workers that are not tipped. Since 2000, voters have approved every minimum wage hike that has been proposed. (PLURIBUS NEWS)

MI Weighing Right to Sit Bill

A bill under consideration in the Michigan House (HB 5983) would require employers to let workers sit down while on the job, as long as it doesn’t inhibit them from doing their work. The “right to work” measure is similar to an ordinance approved in Ann Arbor last month. (MLIVE, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)

OH Considering Carrot Approach to Paid Leave

A bill (HB 682) introduced last month in Ohio’s House would offer employers up to $54,000 a year in tax credits for providing their workers at least eight weeks of parental leave. The measure was designed to encourage businesses to provide paid leave rather than requiring them to do so, as other states have done. (CLEVELAND.COM, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)

NJ Assembly Passes ‘Captive Audience Meeting’ Ban

New Jersey’s Assembly passed a bill (AB 4429) that would prohibit employers from requiring workers to attend meetings intended to discourage union activity. If enacted, the measure would make New Jersey one of about 10 states that prohibit such “captive audience meetings.” (NEW JERSEY GLOBE, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)

—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK

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