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Deputy Director of LEO Issues New Emergency Rule Affecting Workers’ Compensation

Health Care Law Blog

On October 2, 2020, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the law upon which Governor Gretchen Whitmer relied to extend the State of Emergency after April 30, 2020 is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court's ruling, which we discuss here , invalidates the Governor's Executive Orders issued during the extended State of Emergency. Executive Order 2020-128 , issued on June 18, 2020, established a rebuttable presumption that a "COVID-19 Response Employee" (a term which was not well-defined within the E

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