The new Paid Sick Leave law.

The following will be effective on February 21, 2025.

• All employers in Michigan must provide an accrual of 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.
• Employers with less than 10 employees must provide up to 40 hours of paid sick time per year.
• Employers with 10 or more employees must provide up to 72 hours of paid sick time per year.
• Employers must allow for a carryover of unused paid sick time from one year to the next with no cap.
• Employers can only require a doctor’s note after 3 consecutive sick days off.
• There are no eligibility exceptions to the law – everyone is eligible regardless of their employee status. Part-time, seasonal, temporary, exempt or non-exempt.
• All employers must provide the paid sick leave regardless of number of employees.
• Employer must pay tipped-employees based on base wage plus average tips from the prior week.
• Employer must allow for paid sick leave to be taken on the smallest time increment that the HR software allows.