Michigan Is Reopening: Resources to Help Your Business Navigate
June 15, 2020Review What Is and Is Not Open in Your Region
The Chamber launched an interactive map that highlights what phase each region the state is in according to Gov. Whitmer’s MI Safe Start Plan, and what is and is not open for that region. View the map and more information.
Utilize the State’s Reopening Checklist
- Construction
- Research Labs
- Fitness Centers
- Manufacturing
- Restaurants and Bars
- Sports and Entertainment
- Offices
- Outpatient Health Care
- Personal Care
- Retail, Libraries, and Museums
- In-Home Service
2. Establish exposure determination for all employees
3. Develop a COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan
4. Examine and update policies and protocols
5. Develop daily entry self-screening protocol
6. Designate one or more worksite supervisors to implement, monitor and report on COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan
7. Install physical barriers between customers and/or employees
8. Install demarcation lines to maintain social distancing
9. Provide employee training on new procedures and protocols. Ensure employees review the MIOSHA COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidelines for Employees
11. Review MIOSHA Enforcement Guidance – COVID-19 Interim Enforcement Plan
Locate Personal Protective Equipment with the Chamber’s PPE Supply Connect
As businesses across Michigan prepare to reopen or welcome employees back, having the proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect their employees and customers will help ensure a successful restart. Our goal is to help connect those who have supplies with those who need supplies.
- View the State of Michigan Guidelines for Business.
- Connect to PPE supply.
- Listen to “Access to PPE with MEDC’s Natalie Chmiko”
Utilize Work Share as Alternative to Laying Off Employees
The Michigan Work Share program was launched following the first round of federal CARES Act in March. Work Share is a way an employer can keep an employee on by “sharing” their pay with the government through unemployment benefits. The program allows employers to keep their employees working with reduced hours, while employees collect partial unemployment benefits. Members have expressed concerns regarding recalling their employees currently collecting enhanced unemployment benefits — as well as options for reducing employee hours. Michigan Work Share is an attractive option the Chamber strongly urges you to consider. As a result of Executive Order 2020-57, most Work Share program eligibility requirements have been temporarily suspended. Learn more.
Find Specific Guidance from the Chamber’s Restart Michigan Initiative
The Detroit Regional Chamber’s Restart Michigan initiative offers businesses across the state access to critical information and counsel to enter the restart and recovery phases of the COVID-19 crisis. Restart Michigan offers a series of webinars designed specifically for business size, industry, and decision making within the organization or state of distress.
The webinars are planned and hosted with consulting firms including Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, and UHY. There is no fee to participate in the webinars. Participants gain access to restart and recovery materials and have the opportunity to ask questions during the sessions.
- UHY: Network Distancing to Protect Your Virtual Workforce
- UHY: Financial and Operational Strategies to Weather Uncertain Times
- UHY: Cyber Risks of Keeping Your Workforce Remote
- KPMG: Tariff Recovery and Finding Cash Now Series
- Accenture: How COVID-19 is Shaping the Future of the Health Care Industry
- Butzel Long: PReparing for Employment Issues When Reopening Your Workplace in the COVID Era
- Deloitte: Six Imperatives for CFOs Leading Through COVID-19 Recovery
- EY: Physical Return and Work Reimagined
- PwC: Returning to the Workplace Safely in the New Normal
- Miller Canfield: Reopening Business and Avoiding Liability with the Supply Chain
- KPMG: Hands-On Restructuring, Plant Cost Reductions and Behavior Change
- UHY: PPP Loan Forgiveness Analysis and Options
- KPMG: Assessing Liquidity and Potential Business Transfer Repercussions
- KPMG: Automotive Operational and Financial Restructure
- Deloitte: Workforce Strategies for Post-COVID Recovery
Try the MI Symptoms Web App for a Cost-Efficient Way to Keep Employees Safe
To help reopening businesses safely reengage in the economy, the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity launched the MI Symptoms Web Application as a cost-free way for employers to comply with Executive Order 2020-97 and implement a COVID-19 symptoms screening questionnaire for employees.
Additional benefits of MI Symptoms include:
- Promotes individual health and safety by identifying potential symptoms of the virus and linking symptomatic individuals with resources for further action.
- Helps residents return to work safely.
- It improves the state’s economic health as the MI Safe Start Plan is implemented.