Last week, as widely reported, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to Protect Workers from the COVID-19 (see full details in our...more
As of December 29, 2020, Michigan employers are no longer required to permit employees to self-quarantine for up to 14 days due to alleged close contact with an individual displaying COVID-19 symptoms. Recent amendments to...more
Michigan recently announced two COVID-19 developments that will impact employers and their workplaces. Most recently, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued new restrictions for business...more
October has brought a weekly flurry of changes to Michigan’s COVID-19 legal landscape. On Thursday October 22, 2020, Governor Whitmer added to this recent activity by signing three bills into law that provide employers with...more
Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. Here’s the week’s top workforce management and employment law news:
Mobile Tracking Technologies (video featuring attorneys Adam Forman, Karen Mandelbaum, and George Whipple)
Mobile...more
6/10/2020
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Best Practices ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Furloughs ,
Health and Safety ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Layoffs ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Mobile Apps ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Workplace Safety
As Michigan businesses begin the process of reopening, they must comply with Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-91 (“Order”) regarding “Safeguards to protect Michigan’s workers from COVID-19.” The Order...more
Joining California, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, as well as multiple counties and cities, on March 23, 2020, Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-21...more
As we have discussed in prior Advisories, the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“Coronavirus” or “COVID-19”) public health emergency is raising important issues for employers addressing rapidly developing disruptions to the workplace...more