Michigan2026Enacted
HB4002
Michigan Earned Sick Time Law Changes
Last scannedAug 24, 2026, 10:53 AM
In one sentence
This law updates rules for Michigan employers on how workers earn and use paid sick time.
What it does
- Requires most employees to earn at least one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked.
- Limits small business employees to using no more than 40 hours of earned sick time per year unless the employer allows more.
- Limits other employees to using no more than 72 hours of earned sick time per year unless the employer allows more.
- Allows employers to give all required sick hours at the start of the year instead of letting workers earn them over time.
- Delays rules for small businesses about earning, providing, and tracking paid sick time until October 1, 2025.
Who it affects
- Employers in Michigan with one or more employees
- Employees working for private companies, schools, government entities, and other organizations in the state
Limits and unknowns
- The provided text does not list the specific reasons an employee can use earned sick time.
- Some rules regarding alternative methods to accrue paid sick time are cut off in the source material.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Earned sick time
- Time off from work provided by an employer that can be used for certain purposes described in Section 4.
- Small business
- An employer with 10 or fewer people working for pay during a given week, unless they had more than 10 employees on their payroll for at least 20 weeks in the current or previous year.
- Domestic partner
- An adult in a committed relationship with another adult where both share responsibility for each other's welfare, including relationships legally recognized as marriage or similar unions by any state or district.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
Labor: benefits; requirements for an employer to provide earned sick time, modify. Amends title and secs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 12 of 2018 PA 338 (MCL 408.962 et seq.) & adds sec. 3a.
Official activity
Bill history
- assigned PA 2'25 with immediate effect