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MI HB6173
Bill
Status
6/9/2022
Primary Sponsor
Diana Farrington
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AI Summary
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Employers are not liable under Michigan's occupational safety and health act for employee COVID-19 exposure if operating in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local statutes, rules, regulations, executive orders, and agency orders related to COVID-19 that were in legal effect at time of exposure.
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Minor, isolated deviations from strict compliance with COVID-19 rules that are unrelated to the employee's exposure do not eliminate employer immunity.
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The immunity provision does not create new legal claims, eliminate required claim elements like causation, affect other liability immunities, or impact workers' compensation act rights and remedies.
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Immunity applies retroactively to COVID-19 exposures occurring after March 1, 2020, but expires for exposures occurring after July 1, 2022.
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This amendatory act only takes effect if House Bill No. 5244 and either Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 6215 are also enacted into law.
Legislative Description
Labor: health and safety; employee exposure to COVID-19; modify employer’s liability for. Amends sec. 85 of 1974 PA 154 (MCL 408.1085).
Labor: health and safety
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/09/2022
6/14/2022