On May 18, 2021, the Michigan House Regulatory Reform Committee unanimously approved a package of bills, including House Bill 4517, requiring hemp-derived delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol to be regulated by the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency.
The IRS has recently issued 86 questions and answers regarding the COBRA premium assistance requirements under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”).
In Notice 2021-26, the IRS clarifies the taxable nature of benefits under dependent care assistance programs (“DCAPs”) that adopted the extended grace period or expanded carryover options for 2021 and/or 2022.
The IRS has released its 2022 annual inflation adjustments for Health Savings Accounts (“HSAs”) as determined under Section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code.
One of the most common is whether employers can inquire about whether their employees have been vaccinated. Employers are wise to seek legal counsel regarding this issue, as any medical inquiry by an employer could give rise to legal risks.
On April 23, 2021, the University of Michigan announced that all students who choose to live on its Ann Arbor campus during the 2021 fall term will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
Michigan workers may return to in-person work in all sectors of business on May 24 now that 55 percent of residents age 16 or older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Effective March 1, 2021, applicants for multiple classes of adult-use marijuana (i.e., recreational marijuana) licenses are no longer required to hold an active medical marijuana permit to be eligible.
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) requires that employers provide 100% COBRA subsidies to certain assistance eligible individuals from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a university professor plausibly pled claims that his employer’s enforcement of its policy requiring employees to refer to students by their preferred pronouns violated his constitutional rights under the free speech and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment.