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Michigan’s push for permanent COVID-19 rules sparks battle with business leaders
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Workplaces are required to do temperature checks of employees, under MIOSHA s COVID-19 emergency rules.Tom Horak | For NJ Advance Media
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has laid a clear path for Michigan to eliminate its COVID-19 health order and associated restrictions: Get 70% of the population 16 or older to have at least one vaccine shot.
But simultaneously, the state is working through a process to make permanent its workplace COVID-19 rules, enforced through the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The current temporary MIOSHA workplace rules expire Oct. 14 and cannot be extended again, per state law.
MLBA: Restaurant employees still need masks until MIOSHA updates guidelines
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LANSING, Mich. â Employees at bars and restaurants will still need to wear masks until the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) updates its guidelines.
âThe next step is getting the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration and MDHHS on the same page,â said Scott Ellis, director of the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association, in a news release Friday. âMIOSHA needs to update their workplace safety rules that contradict with the new MDHHS order and CDC guidelines.â
With the updated MDHHS order that was released Friday, patrons at bars and restaurants who are seated outside no longer need to wear masks â regardless of whether they are vaccinated or not, according to the MLBA.