With 10 days remaining until new earned sick time requirements are set to take effect, the Michigan Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee met Tuesday taking further testimony on a proposal to trim back these new provisions out of concern for Michigan businesses.
Despite the Feb. 21 deadline and the limited number of session days where the Senate could act before businesses are subject to additional paid sick leave provisions, the committee opted against voting on the legislation, making the future of the Senate’s slimmed-down sick leave requirements uncertain.
Over the summer the Michigan Supreme Court ordered the restoration of provisions stripped out from two ballot initiatives, finding that the 2018 Legislature — led by Republicans — acted unconstitutionally by adopting and amending the measures.
If lawmakers do not act before Feb. 21, Michigan businesses would require employers with fewer than 10 employees to offer up to 40 hours of paid sick leave and 32 hours of unpaid leave accrued over the year, while businesses with 10 or more employees must offer 72 hours of paid sick leave a year.
Both the Republican-led House and Democratic-led Senate have introduced proposals aiming to trim back these changes.
The House proposal, H.B. 4002, would largely eliminate the provisions restored by the Supreme Court, exempting businesses with fewer than 50 employees from the new sick leave requirements and eliminating language permitting employees to take legal action against their...
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