2020 PA 238

The record

Jurisdiction

Michigan

Level

State

Authority

COVID-19 Employment Rights Act, MCL 419.401 et seq.

Issued

2020-10-22 Oct. 22, 2020

Effective

2020-10-22 (Sec. 10: 'This act is effective retroactive to March 1, 2020') (read as 2020-10-22)

End

In force through 2021 Q3 and after (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Oct. 22, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther

Addressees

• all employers and employees in Michigan (public and private)

Functions reached

• WF workforce availability (statutory exclusion of positive, symptomatic and exposed workers from the workplace)
• HR

Collection

Michigan MI

Operative words

Sec. 5. (1) An employee who tests positive for COVID-19 or displays the principal symptoms of COVID-19 shall not report to work until all of the following conditions are met: (a) If the employee has a fever, 24 hours have passed since the fever has stopped without the use of fever-reducing medications. (b) Ten days have passed since either of the following, whichever is later: (i) The date the employee's symptoms first appeared. (ii) The date the employee received the test that yielded a positive result for COVID-19. (c) The employee's principal symptoms of COVID-19 have improved. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), an employee who has close contact with an individual who tests positive for COVID-19 or with an individual who displays the principal symptoms of COVID-19 shall not report to work until 1 of the following conditions is met: (a) Fourteen days have passed since the employee last had close contact with the individual. (b) The individual with whom the employee had close contact receives a medical determination that they did not have COVID-19...

Enforcement

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