§ 419.401 Definitions
§ 419.403 Employer prohibitions related to employees who test positive or symptomatic for COVID-19; exception
§ 419.405 Employees that are COVID-19 positive, symptomatic, or exposed; duty not to report; conditions
§ 419.407 Employer violation; civil action; damages
§ 419.409 Applicability to public employers and employees
§ 419.410 Retroactive effective date; application of act
§ 419.412 Effect of act on worker’s disability compensation act
§ 419.413 Employer liability; affirmative defenses

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 419 > Act 238 of 2020 - Covid-19 Employment Rights

  • Close contact: means that term as defined in the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines regarding COVID-19 at the time the contact occurred. See Michigan Laws 419.401
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Employee: means an individual employed by an employer and whose primary workplace is not the individual's residence. See Michigan Laws 419.401
  • Employer: means a person or a state or local governmental entity that employs 1 or more individuals. See Michigan Laws 419.401
  • First responder: means any of the following:
  (i) A law enforcement officer. See Michigan Laws 419.401
  • Health care facility: means any of the following facilities, including those that may operate under shared or joint ownership, and a facility used as surge capacity by any of the following facilities:
    •   (i) An entity listed in section 20106(1) of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 419.401
  • Isolation period: means the recommended number of days that an individual be in isolation after the individual first displays the principal symptoms of COVID-19 as prescribed in the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines regarding COVID-19. See Michigan Laws 419.401
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 419.401
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Quarantine period: means the recommended number of days that an individual be in quarantine after the individual is in close contact as prescribed in the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines regarding COVID-19. See Michigan Laws 419.401
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o