ARTICLE · 31 AUGUST 2020

Michigan's New Executive Order Modifies Worker "Stay-At-Home" Requirements

Littler Mendelson

On August 27, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-172, which rescinded Executive Order 2020-166 and provides further guidance and protections to workers...

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On August 27, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-172, which rescinded Executive Order 2020-166 and provides further guidance and protections to workers who stay home when they or their close contacts are sick.

Like the previous executive order, Executive Order 2020-172 continues to require workers to stay home and prohibits employers from firing or disciplining a worker for staying home, if the worker tests positive, displays principal symptoms of COVID-19, or had come into close contact with someone who was positive or displayed any of the principal symptoms of COVID-19. The variance between both executive orders is the definition of "principal symptoms":

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Michigan's New Executive Order Modifies Worker "Stay-At-Home" Requirements

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