Michigan House to Vote Wednesday on Repeal of Governor’s Emergency Powers Act
LANSING, Mich. The Michigan House of Representatives is expected to vote on July 21 on whether or not to repeal the 1945 law used by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to lock down the state in 2020 at the height of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic.
The Michigan Senate voted to repeal the law on July 15, two days after the state board of canvassers certified that a citizens’ group called Unlock Michigan had collected more than the 340,000 signatures required to put the repeal on the ballot in the next general election.
Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
Barb Eisenmann wasn’t thinking about calling the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration after her husband, Keith, fell to his death while trying to repair a roof on their Blissfield Township family farm in 2019. Under the law, she had eight hours to report a fatality. The law allows 24 hours for injury.
Her failure to do so meant she and brother Zell would have to pay the $12,000 MIOSHA fine, which they did in 2020.
Unlike some businesses, farming is often a family-run operation, without a human resources department to take care of business. New Michigan legislation is gaining traction to allow some leeway for family farms.
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LANSING The Michigan House on Thursday approved legislation that aims to protect family farmers from fines that result from Michigan s workplace safety law.
State Rep. Bronna Kahle, R- Adrian, introduced the bill following the death of Blissfield Township farmer Keith Eisenmann in November 2019. House Bill 4031 passed on an 83-25 vote. It will go to the Senate for consideration.
Under current law, if a fatality happens on a family farm and the family does not report it to the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) within eight hours, the family faces thousands of dollars in fines, a news release from Kahle s office said.