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.
Michigan's minimum wage set to increase in 2017, not enough for some. Michiganâs minimum wage workforce gets a pay raise on New Yearâs Day. The stateâs minimum wage is increasing to $8.90 on Sunday, thatâs up from the current $8.50 per hour. Wendy Block is with the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. She says many hourly workers were already making at least that much.