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September 6, 2023 Last Edit: June 5, 2025
Governor Whitmer made her Fall Agenda Announcement on August 30, 2023.
Governor Pushes Harmful 15 Week Paid Family Leave Proposal on Small Business
- 15 weeks of PAID family leave
- Applies to ALL employees, both full and part-time employees (no exemptions for smaller employers)
- Funded by a payroll tax on employers (total cost is estimated to be over $1 billion)
- Employers cannot require employees to use any paid time off first
- Employer must restore the employee to their former position (or similar position) upon return from leave
- Can be used for issues other than illness (school events, etc.)
- Can be used to care for anyone who has “an affinity” like family.
- This paid family leave mandate is IN ADDITION TO the paid sick leave mandate on employers with 50 or more employees
- Unemployment style system, creating a new government bureaucracy
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