Highlights
The Michigan Legislature recently passed amendments to the Earned Sick Time Act and those amendments were signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Except for delays regarding notice requirements and the application of the law on certain small employers and some other minor changes, the amendments became effective Feb. 21, 2025. Required accruals of earned sick leave for large employers begin on that date. Large employers otherwise now have until March 23, 2025, to comply with the statute’s notice requirements.
Sometimes procrastination pays. In the latest example, many employers across Michigan spent the last several months drafting policies and preparing for the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) to become effective following last summer’s Michigan Supreme Court decision in Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, only to wake up on Feb. 21 this year, the planned effective date, to learn many requirements of the law had changed. While the changes are not everything the employer community hoped for, the changes did offer...
THOUSANDS of users of a weight-loss supplement are set to receive a major pay out following a six-figure settlement. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Roca Labs had duped customers ...