LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- Governor Gretchen Whitmer outlined economic recovery plans Thursday that include state support for wage hikes and child care.
The plan would use federal dollars to help businesses boost pay rates to $15 an hour for three months to help businesses attract workers. But they would have to promise to continue that pay rate for an additional three months.
She says that would make it easier for low-income people to seek and accept jobs.
“We want to help businesses pay greater wages so that there’s a real incentive for people to jump back in. We also know that child care is also a barrier. If you are worried about what’s going to happen to your kids if you go back to work, that’s a complete barrier for a lot of people in our state.”
Her plan would also allow people to accept part-time work without losing unemployment benefits.
Much of the plan would require approval by the Legislature.