Michigan Paid Medical Leave Act: What Employers Need to Know

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Michigan’s Paid Medical Leave Act will become effective on March 29, 2019, and requires employers to provide paid leave to eligible Michigan employees for personal or familial reasons related to health, domestic violence, and sexual assault. Join us for this complimentary one-hour webinar where we will discuss the new directives, and offer best practices for compliance.

Topics

• Definitions for employers and eligible employees under the law
• Key nuances pertaining to accrual, frontloading, and the “rebuttal presumption”
• When an eligible employee can take paid medical leave
• Employer policy, posting, and record keeping obligations
• How the Act reconciles with the Family and Medical Leave Act and other state and federal laws and
• Frequently asked questions

In the interim, if you have questions related to your specific policies, please feel free to reach out to the presenters: Tiffany Buckley-Norwood and Emily Petroski or via telephone at (248) 936-1900.