Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce issued the following announcement on Aug. 9.
On August 7, Governor Whitmer issued a new executive order, 2020-166, updating a previous rule prohibiting an employer from disciplining or discharging an employee who is unable to work due to exhibiting coronavirus symptoms or has been in close contact with someone with one or more of the main coronavirus symptoms as described within the executive order. “Under the Executive Order, the governor prohibits employers from discharging, disciplining, or retaliating against employees who make the responsible choice to stay home when they or their close contacts are sick,” a press release said.
According to the rule, an employee must remain home while experiencing symptoms or receiving a positive test result until 24 hours have passed since the resolution of fever without the use of fever reducing drugs, and 10 days have passed since their symptoms first appeared or since they were swabbed for the test that yielded the positive result, and the other symptoms have improved. For employees having been in close contact with an individual presenting symptoms, the employee must remain home for a period of 14 days or if the individual experiencing COVID-19 symptoms receives a negative test result. The rule also gives specific instructions on when a person is permitted to leave their residence when suspected of, or confirmed to have a COVID-19 infection.
Paid sick leave and FMLA provisions under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act must be followed by employers. If an employee has exhausted all paid sick leave, unpaid sick leave is permitted under this executive order. There are industry exclusions to this rule. Specific guidance and instruction on when an employee is able to be called back to work are within the order. This executive order should be reviewed and understood by employers.
Most recent resource update from the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber: https://www.swcrc.com/#1588467429237-9ee2443f-c1f7
Original source can be found here.
Source: Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce
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