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State workgroup to recommend in-person office work policies
State workgroup to recommend in-person office work policies
State convenes Return-to-Office Workgroup of business, labor and public health leaders to make recommendations on returning to work safely
March 15, 2021
As Michigan ramps up vaccine distribution, more employers and workers are preparing to return to in-person office work in some form. To support this process, the State has established the new Return-to-Office Workgroup consisting of business, labor, and public health experts to provide Gov. Whitmer with concise recommendations that will be used to inform MDHHS orders and MIOSHA rules as well as standards and best practices for employers to use in planning their own phased reopening.
Michigan considers whether company vaccination rates should trigger office reopenings
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
Cubicles at Brown and Brown of Detroit in Sterling Heights have sat empty for nearly a year, due to the company starting a work-from-home initiative in March 2020. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)
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Michigan’s emergency rules banning office work – except when remote work isn’t “feasible” – will likely be extended six months to October, state leaders say.
But a new workgroup of state, business and health officials is meeting to sort out how Michigan can phase in its return to offices.
Vaccination rates will likely play a larger role than COVID-19 rates when it comes to deciding how and when to reopen offices to all workers, said Sean Egan, director of Michigan COVID-19 workplace safety.
State agency sets up panel to study reopening office buildings
Gentex Corp.
The Zeeland headquarters of Gentex Corp. remains empty as employees for the automotive and aerospace industry supplier continue working from home because of the Michigan Occupational Safety & Health Administration s prohibition on in-person office work if it can be feasibly done from home.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s administration has formed a workgroup of government, business and labor leaders to make recommendations for allowing workers to return to office buildings after a year of remote work due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The emergency workplace rules the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration put in place in October during the fall surge in COVID-19 cases expires April 14, adding pressure on the workgroup to come up with recommendations on how to regulate office work for the next six months.
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March 11, 2021
Awards for first-time students range from $1,000 up to two full years of tuition
Applications are being accepted until March 31 for College of the Rockies’ Entrance Scholarships.
Available for Canadian citizens or permanent residents who are entering a College of the Rockies program directly from secondary school, these academic awards range from $1,000 up to two full years of free tuition.
“Our Scholastic Distinction Scholarship is available to East Kootenay secondary school students who have achieved a minimum of 85 per cent in their completed grade 11 and 12 academic classes, while our Academic Excellence Entrance Scholarships are available to those who have achieved a minimum 75 percent grade average in grade 11 and 12,” said Lois Murray, College of the Rockies Financial Assistance and Awards Advisor. “Tembec Industries/Rotary Club of Cranbrook Entrance Scholarships are also available for those entering into an approved Apprenticeship trades t