The act prohibits an employee who tests positive for COVID-19 or who displays the principal symptoms of COVID-19 from reporting to work until all of the following conditions are met: If the employee has a fever,
The act also prohibits an employee who has close contact ((within 6 feet for 15 minutes or longer)with an individual who tests positive for COVID-19 or displays the principal symptoms of COVID-19 from reporting to work until one of the following conditions is met:
The act prohibits an employer from discharging, disciplining, or otherwise retaliating against an employee who does any of the following:
Act No. 237 and 239, Public Acts of 2020 - enrolled House Bill 6031 and 6101: The bills together add two new sections to the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act (MIOSHA) to establish conditions for immunity from civil liability for an employer whose employee is exposed to COVID-19. Under the bills, notwithstanding any other provision of MIOSHA, an employer is not liable for damages under the act for an employee’s exposure to COVID-19 if the employer was operating in compliance with all federal, state, and local statutes, rules, and regulations, executive orders, and agency orders related to COVID-19 that had not been denied legal effect at the time of the exposure. View PA-0237: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/pdf/2020-PA-0237.pdf View PA-0239: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/publicact/pdf/2020-PA-0239.pdf
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