Michigan employers soon will face a significantly higher minimum wage and more onerous employee sick leave obligations after the Michigan Supreme Court invalidated the Michigan legislature’s amendments related to two voter...more
8/8/2024
/ Amended Legislation ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Inflation Adjustments ,
Medical Leave ,
MI Supreme Court ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Legislatures ,
Unconstitutional Condition ,
Wage and Hour
In 2018, the Michigan legislature adopted, and then within the same legislative session amended, two voter-approved ballot initiatives, one to significantly raised Michigan’s minimum wage and the other to expand employer...more
The Michigan legislature was within its authority to amend two ballot initiatives in 2018, one to significantly raise the minimum wage and the other to greatly expand the availability of paid sick leave to employees, the...more
The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) has provided guidance on the upcoming changes to the state’s minimum wage rates in light of the Michigan Court of Claims decision in Mothering Justice v. Nessel,...more
On July 19, 2022, the Michigan Court of Claims held that, in 2018, the state legislature violated the Michigan Constitution when it enacted, and within the same legislative session amended, two ballot initiatives, one to...more
Citing legislative “sleight of hand,” the Michigan Court of Claims has held that the Michigan legislature violated the state’s Constitution when, in 2018, it adopted and then immediately amended ballot initiatives to increase...more
The statute of limitation periods in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) give rise to substantive, non-waivable rights rendering a contractually shortened limitation...more
Michigan has enacted significant new legislation that prohibits employees with “the principal symptoms” of COVID-19 from reporting to work and forbids employers from discharging, disciplining, or retaliating against employees...more
10/28/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Policies ,
Governor Whitmer ,
Health and Safety ,
New Legislation ,
Quarantine ,
Retaliation ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety