Advocacy In Action

• Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Take Effect, Supreme Court To Hold Hearings on ‘Adopt and Amend’

  Michigan’s new minimum wage and paid sick leave laws have taken effect. Member companies are encouraged to carefully review the new laws to ensure they are in compliance. Minimum Wage Effective today, the minimum wage has increased to $9.45. The …

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• Clayton & McKervey named to Accounting Today’s Top Firms – Great Lakes Region

  Southfield, Mich.—March 26, 2019—Clayton & McKervey, a certified public accounting and business advisory firm helping growth-driven companies compete in the global marketplace, is pleased to announce it has been included on the list of Top Firms in the Great Lakes …

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• Walsh to Host Corporate Social Responsibility Panel Discussion

  TROY, Mich., March 26, 2019 — Walsh will welcome four business leaders for a panel discussion about corporate social responsibility (CSR) on Saturday, April 6, 2019, from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at their main location at 3838 Livernois in Troy, MI. …

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• Rehmann Named One of Accounting Today’s Fastest-Growing Firms

  TROY, Mich., March 28, 2019 – Rehmann was named one of Accounting Today’s Fastest-Growing Firms in the United States, ranking among the country’s Top 100 Firms and Regional Leaders. Accounting Today releases an annual ranking of the largest practices in …

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• Dickinson Wright Earns 100 percent on Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 17th Annual Scorecard on LGBTQ Workplace Equality

  DETROIT, Mich., March 28, 2019 – Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that it received a perfect score of 100 on the 2019 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s premier benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices …

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• Michigan still fights ‘brain drain,’ although outlook has improved

  March 28 – MLive

  While Michigan loses more college graduates than it gains, what was once described as a “brain drain” has slowed considerably in recent years, data from the U.S. Census Bureau show.

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• Statewide business organizations announce partnership with Governor Whitmer aimed at shaping and approving “Michigan Reconnect” and “MI Opportunity Scholarship”

  LANSING, March 28, 2019 – Today, four major business organizations announced key support for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s goal of increasing the percentage of Michigan’s workforce with a post-high school degree or high-value certificate to 60 percent by the year 2030. …

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• American Society of Employers (ASE) releases 2019 Starting Salaries for Co-op Students and Recent College Graduates Survey

  Media Contact: Heather Nezich, Manager, Communications, ASE, 248.223.8040, hnezich@aseonline.org Livonia, Mich. —March 26, 2019 — The American Society of Employers (ASE), one of the nation’s oldest and largest employer associations, released the organization’s 2019 Starting Salaries for Co-op Students and …

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• American Society of Employers (ASE) Welcomes Four New Board Members

  American Society of Employers (ASE) Welcomes Four New Board Members Media Contact: Heather Nezich, Manager, Communications, ASE, 248.223.8040, hnezich@aseonline.org Livonia, Mich. —March 26, 2019 — The American Society of Employers (ASE), one of the nation’s oldest and largest employer associations, …

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• Winners Announced for Detroit Drives Degrees 2019 Race to the FAFSA Challenge

  The Detroit Regional Chamber Detroit Drives Degrees’ annual “Race to the FAFSA Line” challenge was started three years ago to increase FAFSA completion among high school seniors in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne county to 65 percent and encourage them to …

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