Business Leaders For Michigan has joined with dozens of business organizations across the state to advocate for changes to the Earned Sick Leave Act, which is scheduled to take effect on February 21, 2025. We urge Lansing to enact these fixes before the end of the year to reduce the burden on employees and employers:

• Exempt plans that meet or exceed the mandated 72 hours.
• Exempt small businesses and certain workers (part-time workers, seasonal employees, other workers).
• Require time to be used in full-/half-day increments and allow employers to require advanced notice.
• Eliminate private right of action and rebuttable presumption.
• Allow employers to frontload 72-hours at the start of the year.

Learn more about the unintended consequences of the act and what Lansing can do to resolve them. 5-Fixes_Earned-Sick-Leave-2024