On Monday, July 11, 2022 retroactively effective to July 1, 2022, with a final end date of July 1, 2023 Michigan’s COVID-19-era laws (three in total), including an amendment and repeal of Michigan’s COVID-19 Employment Rights Act were rolled back with Governor Whitmer’s signature.

Public Act 238 of 2020, known as The COVID-19 Employment Rights Act, prohibited employees from reporting to work after (1) testing positive for COVID-19; (2) experiencing the principal symptoms of COVID-19; or (3) being identified as a close contact of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 (under enumerated circumstances), until the employee had completed the applicable self-isolation or quarantine period. Under the new law, no claim or cause of action under the COVID-19 Employment Rights Act can accrue after July 1, 2022 so between now and July 1, 2023, any employee can pursue against their employer (current, former, or prospective) any event that was protected under the COVID-19 Employment Rights Act that occurred before July 1, 2022 until the Act is repealed in its entirety, effective July 1, 2023.

Employers are still required to prohibit employees from reporting to work if they are (1) testing positive for COVID-19; (2) experiencing the principal symptoms of COVID-19; or (3) being identified as a close contact of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 (under enumerated circumstances), until the employee has completed the applicable self-isolation or quarantine period....

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