March 2, 2021
From the Associated Press Former Michigan Department of Public Health and Human Services director Robert Gordon will receive more than $155,000 as part of a separation agreement. The agreement revealed Monday calls for Gordon to drop all claims against the state. It also promises legal assistance in matters relating to actions he took while director. Gordon resigned in January after the Michigan Supreme Court effectively invalidated many of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s executive orders pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gordon issued essentially the same mandates under state laws unaddressed by the court, prompting protests outside his home.
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Mar 2, 2021
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Former Michigan Department of Public Health and Human Services director Robert Gordon will receive more than $155,000 as part of a separation agreement, published reports revealed Monday.
The agreement calls for Gordon to drop all claims against the state, though it was not immediately clear what claims may have been included. It also promises legal assistance in matters relating to actions he took while director. Gordon resigned in January after signing a new employment agreement the previous October that included a $182,000 salary, according The Detroit News and the Free Press.
The agreement for $155,506.05 is dated Feb. 22. It’s signed by Gordon and Mark Totten, chief legal counsel for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Michigan's former health chief who resigned from his post shortly after the state supreme court stripped the governor of her emergency powers, is getting a hefty sum as part of a separate agreement.
March 2, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
A local lawmaker says a separation agreement involving the former head of the state health department is âunacceptable,â while the disclosure of another severance deal for a former top health official is creating further criticism of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
A day after Whitmer s administration acknowledged that Robert Gordon, the former director of the Michigan Department of Public Health and Human Services, and a key leader in the stateâs response to the coronavirus pandemic, was paid $155,000 following his sudden resignation, state health department officials told The Detroit News that deputy director Sarah Esty also reached a separation agreement. Details were not immediately provided.