Watching for impact of minimum wage law

A new state law which will go in effect in February sounds good at first glance.

However, it will be interesting to see it how everything shakes out on the Leelanau Peninsula.

The law makes two changes to the state’s workplace laws. The law increases the minimum wages for thousands of workers in the state and adjusts the tipped minimum wage paid primary to restaurant servers and bartenders. The second change requires that all employees, including part-time and seasonal, receive one hour of paid medical leave for every 30 hours worked, up to 72 hours annually.