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Effective May 24, 2021, The Michigan Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (MIOSHA) revised its COVID-19 Emergency Rules. The change comes as
more Michiganders have received vaccines and COVID-19 cases have
decreased.
Remote Work and Masking Practices
Most significantly, the newly amended rules completely eliminate
the requirement that employers must create a policy prohibiting
in-person work for employees to the extent that their work
activities can feasibly be done completely remotely, meaning
employees can be mandated to return to their physical workplace.
The rules now come closer to mirroring the most recent guidance
On May 17, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) advised employers to follow the new CDC mask guidance for people fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
New York's HERO Act, which goes into effect on June 4, 2021, will require all New York employers to implement permanent protections against airborne infectious diseases in the workplace.
Over the past several weeks, as the number of vaccinated Americans continues to rise, many jurisdictions have eased, or even eliminated, their COVID-19 business restrictions and mask mandates.