The Kitch Employment & Labor Practice is pleased to provide its up-to-date Employment and Labor Newsletters (access via the links below).

March 2023: Michigan House Voted to Expand Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act

February 2023: Employment Law: Update On Minimum Wage & Paid Medical Leave; Supreme Court Ruling on Overtime

August 2022 – Court Rules Michigan Civil Rights Law Prohibits Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

January 2022 – U.S. Supreme Court Enforces Stay of OSHA Vaccine Mandate Rules and Denies Stay of Healthcare Workers Vaccine Mandate

December 2021 – CMS Vaccine Mandate Update: Michigan Mandate Remains in Place

December 2021 – Federal Judge Halts Vaccine Mandate For Federal Contractors

December 2021 – CMS COVID Vaccine Mandate On Hold

November 2021 – Government Mandates Vaccination Policies For Employers

July 2021 – CDC Recommends New Guidance on Mask Requirements

February 2021 – Department of Labor Discontinues PAID Program

September 2020 – Department of Labor Significantly Narrows Definition Of “Healthcare Provider” Under The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)

July 2020 – Governor Whitmer Issues Executive Directive Requiring Implicit Bias Training For Healthcare Workers

June 2020 – EEOC Updates Technical Assistance June 11, 2020

June 2020 – Supreme Court Rules That LGBTQ Workers Are Protected From Job Discrimination

May 2020 – EEOC Issues More Clarification on Return to Work Issues

May 2020 – Governor Whitmer Extends Stay At Home Order to May 28, 2020

April 2020 – Governor Issues Revised Stay at Home Order Effective through May 15, 2020

April 2020 – The EEOC Permits Employee Testing for COVID-19 Before Entering the Work Site

April 2020 – Governor Whitmer Issues Executive Order Protecting Employees of Long-Term Care Facilities

April 2020 – Michigan Governor Extends Stay At Home Order and Issues Order on Public Policy if Discharging Workers With COVID-19

March 2020 – Expanded Michigan Unemployment Benefits

March 2020 – DOL Defines Healthcare Providers Who Can Be Excluded from the FFCRA

March 2020 – Small Business Exemptions from the FFCRA

March 2020 – DOL To Observe 30-Day Temporary Non-Enforcement of FFCRA and Employee Rights Posters

March 2020 – DOL Issues Guidance on FFCRA

March 2020 – COVID-19 Workers’ Disability Compensation Act Emergency Rule

March 2020 – COVID-19 Implications for Foreign Employees

March 2020 – COVID-19 Employment and Labor Law Kitch Report

September 2019 – Department of Labor Overtime Rule Update

May 2019 – Employment and Labor Law Kitch Report

March 2019 – Employment and Labor Law Kitch Report

January 2019 – Employment and Labor Law Kitch Report

November 2018 – Employment and Labor Law Kitch Report

March 2018 – Employment and Labor Law Kitch Report

January 2018 Employment and Labor Law Kitch Report.pdf

August 2017 – Employment and Labor Law Kitch Report.pdf

April 2017 – Employment and Labor Kitch Report.pdf

December 2016 – Employment and Labor Kitch Report.pdf

November 2016 – Employment and Labor Kitch Report.pdf

June 2016 – Employment and Labor Kitch Report.pdf

May 2016 – Employment and Labor Kitch Report.pdf

February 2016 – Employment & Labor Kitch Report.pdf

September 2015 – Employment & Labor Kitch Report.pdf

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