State agency sets up panel to study reopening office buildings Gentex Corp. 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.