Michigan considers whether company vaccination rates should trigger office reopenings Updated Mar 15, 2021; Posted Mar 15, 2021 Cubicles at Brown and Brown of Detroit in Sterling Heights have sat empty for nearly a year, due to the company starting a work-from-home initiative in March 2020. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com) Facebook Share Michigan’s emergency rules banning office work – except when remote work isn’t “feasible” – will likely be extended six months to October, state leaders say. But a new workgroup of state, business and health officials is meeting to sort out how Michigan can phase in its return to offices. Vaccination rates will likely play a larger role than COVID-19 rates when it comes to deciding how and when to reopen offices to all workers, said Sean Egan, director of Michigan COVID-19 workplace safety.