State agency sets up panel to study reopening office buildings
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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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Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Announces State Apprenticeship Expansion Grant
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LANSING, Mich., March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) has announced the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Foundation/Michigan Energy Workforce Development Consortium (MEWDC) will receive a $1.1 million State Apprenticeship Expansion grant to support the development 427 Registered Apprenticeships in critical energy sector job roles. The Michigan Energy Workforce Development Consortium (MEWDC) is in its 12th year of collaboration and delivering results for the energy industry in Michigan, said Sharon Miller, MEWDC Co-Chair and Director of Strategic Talent Pipelines at Consumers Energy. The grant award will support our partnerships to deliver high quality work-based learning with 25 energy sector employers, our unions, community colleges, K-12 school districts, and the state