Note from SBAM: the MIOSHA workplace rules have not changed yet. We hope to hear more next week. LANSING, Mich. – Governor Gretchen Whitmer today accelerated the end of all COVID-19 epidemic orders on gatherings and masking as COVID-19 cases continue to plummet […]
Article courtesy of MIRS The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is reinstating a standard 14-day quarantine for those who have had close contact with anyone who has had […]
Associations urge strategic, deliberate investments with one-time funding to make Michigan more competitive for jobs and income
Today Governor Whitmer announced more reopenings – Beginning October 9, a number of previously closed businesses are slated to reopen statewide, including indoor theaters, cinemas, performance venues, arcades, bingo halls, bowling centers, indoor […]
Partnership aims to help parents navigate online schooling For Immediate ReleaseSept. 1, 2020Contact: Sarah Miller, 800-362-5461, ext. 212 LANSING, MI – To help children of small business owners and employees […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-70 as part of her MI Safe Start plan. The executive order will allow the May 7 resumption of some types of work that present a very low risk of infection, including construction, real-estate activities, and work …
Yesterday, a Texas federal court granted a nationwide emergency injunction prohibiting the implementation of the final FLSA regulations that essentially doubled the current minimum annual salary level for exemption from $23,660 to $47,476 per year …
Last night the U.S. Department of Labor published the final regulations that will adjust the definition of exempt employment for certain white collar positions by raising the salary level below which workers will be non-exempt, i.e., eligible …
The Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) today thanked lawmakers for passing a road funding bill and sending it to Gov. Snyder.
Statement by SBAM President and CEO Rob FowlerMichigan voters on May 5 made two things abundantly clear: Michigan’s roads and bridges must be fixed but Proposal 1 was not the solution they were looking for.The …
SBAM and three of the state’s other leading business organizations today alerted Michigan small business owners to the Feb. 10 filing deadline for a new exemption from the state’s personal property tax (PPT). Lawmakers approved …
(By Rob Fowler, SBAM President and CEO. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine)I’m feeling more upbeat about Michigan’s economic future than I’ve been in a decade. The blocks are coming together to create …
Last week I started looking at the top 10 trends, factors, and events that will shape your business in 2012. This week we are down to the Top 5. No. 5. Internet video takes center stage. Consider these …