Health Dept. Issues Order Implementing Mandates

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, or MDHHS, has issued a new order implementing a number of statewide mandates in response to COVID-19. The order, issued Oct. 9, took immediate effect and remains in effect until Oct. 30.

The order establishes a number of limitations on how many people may attend a gathering, including at residences, places of business, stores, and entertainment venues, as well as when face coverings and physical distance are required.

For businesses

While the MDHHS order, unlike recent executive orders, does not explicitly require workers whose work can be performed remotely to do so, it does state that workers may not congregate in the workplace unless doing so is "strictly necessary to perform [their] job duties."