FIRE DIAMOND. People often notice a colored sign on a building called a fire diamond. Fire diamonds located on tanks and buildings indicate the level of chemical hazard located there. The four colors are blue, red, yellow, and white. The numbers superimposed over the colors rank the severity or danger, ranging from one to four, with four being the highest rating.
Minors aged 14 and 15 can work from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. while 16- and 17-year-olds can be employed between the hours of 6:00 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m on Friday or Saturday or when not regularly attending school) for up to 48 hours per week of school and work combined.
Lansing â Michigan workers who make the minimum wage are getting a 40-cents-an-hour raise. The state hourly minimum went from $8.50 to $8.90 on Sunday. Itâs the second straight yearly increase under a 2014 law that gradually raised the wage by 25 percent. The 40-cent increase means those working full time will earn $16 more a week, or $832 a year. Many making the minimum wage work part time and tend to be younger. At $8.90, Michiganâs minimum wage is 15th-highest among states. Nineteen states rang in the year with an increase in the minimum. The state Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives, citing federal data, says 101,000 people in Michigan were working at or below the federal minimum in 2015.