?On April 13, the Michigan House of Representatives Labor Committee heard testimony on a 16-bill package that would significantly limit when workers qualify as independent contractors, restrict the use of non-compete clauses,... Read more »
?On March 24, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation repealing Michigan’s right-to-work law for private-sector employees. The legislation had previously passed the Michigan House of Representatives on March 8, and the Michigan Senate on... Read more »
?On March 8, the Michigan House of Representatives passed two bills that would repeal Michigan’s current right-to-work law. The two bills, House Bill 4004 and HB 4005, passed 56–53 along party lines.... Read more »
?The Michigan Senate took a historic step yesterday to increase workplace protections for members of the LGBTQ community by passing a law that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,... Read more »
?On Jan. 26, in the long-awaited opinion in Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, a three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in a 3–0 opinion that the Michigan Paid Medical... Read more »
?State governments are continuing to propose and adopt legislation that requires businesses to implement policies and procedures to ensure privacy rights for consumers. Businesses operating in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania should prepare... Read more »
?Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA), prohibits sex-based discrimination, which includes discrimination based on sexual orientation, the Michigan Supreme Court recently held in Rouch World v. Department of Civil Rights. This opinion,... Read more »
?On July 19, a state judge in Michigan’s Court of Claims held that the state legislature violated the Michigan Constitution in 2018 when, during a lame-duck session, it overhauled revisions to Michigan’s... Read more »
As one of his last acts in office, term-limited Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed an executive directive extending sexual-orientation discrimination protection to a number of private employees. Read more »
