Seminar focuses on workplace issues affecting employers
Butzel Long has scheduled its 33rd annual Labor, Employment, Employee Benefits and Immigration Law Forum in a virtual format on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Participants are encouraged to register for each session individually to give more flexibility in scheduling and to better distribute the continuing education credits.
Daniel Tukel, chair of Butzel Long’s Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Department, said the workshop will address pressing workplace issues impacting area employers.
Participants should register for the "Welcome and Introduction" session, then register for one webinar in each workshop session.
Workshop session topics include:
• Back to Work or Planning the Return to Work — What Now?
• WHOOPS! Benefits Mistakes to Avoid During COVID
• Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• COVID-19 and Immigration: Dealing with Unprecedented Issues in Uncertain Times
• Do You Know Where Your Secret Sauce Is? (The thing that differentiates businesses in the marketplace and creates value for the organization)
• Money Talks: New Developments in Wage and Hour and Pay Issues in Remote Work.
Registration fee is $49 per person. To register, visit www.butzel.com/event.
Lawsuit challenges mandatory mask rule from Whitmer
GRAND HAVEN (AP) — A chiropractor in western Michigan is challenging the state's mask rule, saying Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s health department has no authority to make it mandatory.
It's one of the first lawsuits since the Whitmer administration issued new coronavirus orders following a defeat at the Michigan Supreme Court.
The lawsuit, filed this week in the Court of Claims, claims the health department can regulate gatherings under state law but can’t order masks, which are widely promoted as a way to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Semlow Peak Performance Chiropractic in Grand Haven. The Ottawa County health department told the clinic that it must follow the state order.
“We live in a representative republic and are not ruled by one person,” owner Kirk Semlow said. “My business is not a health threat to anyone, and we take appropriate precautions in providing our services to patients.”
Patients are told that masks are optional, though most wear them, attorney David Kallman said.
“It’s the principle of it,” Kallman said. “They just can’t take a statute, which gives a narrow scope of authority, and apply it in 15 other different ways. Go to the Legislature and get a law passed that says people need to wear masks.”
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