by Cameron D. Ritsema, Bodman PLC
Under Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (IWOWA), minimum wage increases in the state took effect on January 1, 2026.
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As the name shows, a private attorney general action is brought to you in the name of the attorney general, not the individual employee. The attorney general can sue you over the same thing only once, no matter how many...
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