Michigan

We have the current hourly rate of $10.10, but there is the court case that could jump it to $13.03.

The GOP legislature and governor did an end run around a ballot initiative back in 2018, resulting in our current wage scale.

That led to lawsuits, which led to a judge ruling back in July that the Legislature violated the state constitution with their maneuver, and he ruled that the original ballot initiative was to go into effect. But he paused it going into effect until Feb. 19th of this year, in order to give businesses time to gear up for it, and also for any appeal of his ruling. It was appealed, and now we're waiting on a ruling from the appeals court. The ruling is expected in February. (Changes to the minimum wage for tipped earners and the state "sick time" law are also part of the package.)

No matter which way that ruling goes, the losing party is almost certain to appeal it again, to the Michigan Supreme Court. Even if the current appeals court also rules in favor of the wage increases, it may put a stay on implementing the increases until the Michigan Supreme Court hear and rules on it. No clue how long that might take.

And MEANWHILE... yes, there IS a plan for a $15 minimum wage.

One Fair Wage -- one of the same groups that got the original 2018 initiative onto the ballot (only to be thwarted by the GOP), and are involved in the current lawsuit -- again gathered signatures for a petition for a ballot initiative, this time for the 2024 ballot with a $15 wage by 2027.

They again got way more signatures than needed, and submitted it back in July for the 2024 ballot.

It's sort of a back-up plan in case the courts ultimately rule against them in the current case.

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/2023-michigan-minimum-wage-increase-may-go-higher-what-know

https://ballotpedia.org/Michigan_$15_Minimum_Wage_Initiative_(2024)#cite_note-12

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2022/07/26/coalition-submits-petitions-ballot-initiative-raise-michigan-minimum-wage/10152754002/

I have no idea what happens with the 2024 ballot initiative if the courts rule in favor of raising the minimum wage according to the 2018 initiative.