Whitmer to tighten state contracting policies to curb payroll fraud
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is tightening state contracting policy to prevent businesses that commit payroll fraud from earning Michigan contracts.
Whitmer s plan would zero in on the misclassification of workers, which occurs when a contractor classifies an employee as an independent contractor in order to avoid paying health benefits, workers compensation, payroll taxes or overtime an occurrence that some contractors say has increased since the Legislature repealed the state s prevailing wage law in 2018.
Whitmer s new policy would require the state s contracting agency, the Department of Technology Management and Budget, to mandate bidders complete a vendor question worksheet. The worksheet will include disclosures of a bidder s environmental and labor compliance record and Michigan-specific economic impact as well as a certification that a business has properly classified its employees.
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McNew named to student recovery council
Monroe County s top school administrator recently has been named to a state advisory board aimed at ensuring Michigan students have the tools needed to fill any learning gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Stephen McNew, superintendent of the Monroe County Intermediate School District, was selected by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to serve on Michigan’s Student Recovery Advisory Council through Dec. 31 after also successful serving on the state s Return to School Advisory Council, according to the Michigan Department of Education.
He s the only representative from Monroe County.
The group of 29 experts, including leaders in education and health care, is expected to make recommendations the governor for creating or improving systems to support student academics and social, emotional and physical health.
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Governor Whitmer Creates the Student Recovery Advisory Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LANSING, Mich. Governor Whitmer today signed Executive Order 2021-02, to create the Student Recovery Advisory Council of Michigan. As Michigan continues to work around the clock to eliminate COVID-19, the Student Recovery Council will provide guidance and recommendations to ensure Michigan students have the tools and resources they need to get back on track.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Michigan hard, and our students, families, teachers, and school staff have all felt the strain. Still, our educators have worked tirelessly to teach our children during this pandemic under the most stressful conditions, and for that our state is forever indebted to them for their service,” said
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Lansing Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said her office found no evidence of criminal conduct after investigating a state contract for tracking the spread of COVID-19 that involved a Democratic political consultant.
Nessel released a 29-page report Wednesday on her staff s inquiry into the agreement with Great Lakes Community Engagement, which is tied to Democratic consultant Michael Kolehouse.
However, the report noted that the Attorney General s Office was unable to interview three critical individuals, including a central figure in the arrangement, Andrea Taverna, the Department of Health and Human Services senior adviser on opioid strategy.
Taverna was in charge of developing the contact tracing program. Also, Lynn Sutfin, spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services, and Sarah Lyon-Callo, the state s top epidemiologist, didn t agree to interviews, according to the report.
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