12.27.19

Amended Michigan Paid Medical Leave Act in Jeopardy? Stay Tuned

Michigan paid medical leave act

On Dec. 18, 2019, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that it will not issue an advisory opinion on the Michigan legislature’s adoption of the paid sick leave and minimum wage ballot initiatives before they went on the November 2018 ballot and subsequent amendment of both during the December 2018 lame duck legislative session. Instead, the constitutionality of the legislature’s “adopt and amend” strategy will proceed through the courts and established appeal process before the Supreme Court will rule on the merits. 

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