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Michigan’s push for permanent COVID-19 rules sparks battle with business leaders Updated 1:21 PM; Today 12:33 PM Workplaces are required to do temperature checks of employees, under MIOSHA's COVID-19 emergency rules.Tom Horak | For NJ Advance Media Facebook Share 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 Michi...

Shoppers at Meijer Inc. stores in Michigan are now able to shop without a mask if they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19."Starting today, fully vaccinated customers may shop without a face covering where allowed under state or local law," the company said Monday in a news release. "Non…

Mukkamala, who is past chair of the Michigan State Medical Society and also co-owns restaurants in downtown Flint, had questions of his own: Who will enforce this? Will restaurant staffers be expected to ask patrons if they’ve gotten the shot? "Scientifically it makes perfect sense," Mukkamala said of Whitmer's new order, which follows guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and reflects data showing vaccine recipients are much less likely to contract or get sick when they are exposed to the virus.   “When you look at the people that are ending up in the hospital now, it's 99 ...

Planning a return to the office? Here's what to know. Masking rules still in place for employees, but that's likely to change Office employers will need to think strategically about future of work Bloomberg A sign saysprotective face masks are required in Campus Martius Park in Detroit. Office employers will have some decisions to make ahead of a May 24 date when all in-person office work will again be allowed in Michigan. In just a week's time, the reopening of Michigan office workplaces looks certain and mask-less. At the beginning of the week, Michigan surpassed the 55 percent milestone fo...

Capital reopening, free rides, vaccine theft: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey will end the state’s participation in federal unemployment programs geared to the pandemic, including supplements to jobless benefits and a suspension of a work-search requirement. The state will withdraw from the program June 19, the governor’s office said in a statement Monday. Applications for the pandemic-related benefits will be processed until then. The decision means the state will withdraw from programs that provided...