Michigan Employment Law Resources
2026 Editions Now Available with Complimentary Webinars for expert insights and Q&A
Stay ahead of shifting regulations with the 2026 Employment Law Handbook and Sample Employee Handbook. Updated to include the latest legislative changes, these employment law resources ensure your business remains compliant and protected each year.
SPECIAL BONUS
BUY BEFORE APRIL 15 AND RECEIVE:
- Exclusive Webinar Access with Q&A on April 16
- A complimentary 2026 digital Sample Employee Handbook
- $26 off your purchase (auto-applied in cart)
DIGITAL EMPLOYMENT LAW HANDBOOK
PRICING: Member $199 | Non-Member $299
In partnership with Miller Canfield, the MI Chamber Employment Law Handbook has been a vital tool for Michigan businesses for over 20 years. The 2026 ELH is a 22-chapter digital guide featuring a hyperlinked Table of Contents for instant navigation. This resource provides the Michigan-specific legal framework needed to protect your company and ensure compliance with the following:
- Expanded 2026 Compliance: 39 pages of brand-new regulations covering immigration requirements and DEI law changes.
- The Hiring and Firing Lifecycle: Expert guidance on permissible screening methods, pre-hire drug testing protocols, immigration documentation, and lawful discharge procedures to avoid costly litigation.
- Compensation and Benefits Updates: Critical “Year 2” ESTA (Earned Sick Time Act) requirements for seasonal re-hires, plus the latest updates on Michigan Health Care reform and FMLA.
- Workplace Protections: Comprehensive strategies for managing employee privacy, social media monitoring, disability initiatives, and harassment prevention.
Get Direct Access to our Legal Experts: Your 2026 Employment Law Handbook purchase includes registration to our exclusive webinar, Inside the 2026 Employment Law Handbook: Critical Changes Impacting Michigan Employers, on April 16, at 11 a.m.
SPECIAL BONUS
BUY BEFORE MAY 13 AND RECEIVE:
- Exclusive Webinar Access with Q&A on May 14
- $26 off your purchase (auto-applied in cart)
SAMPLE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK 2026: A BLUEPRINT OF WORKPLACE POLICIES FOR EMPLOYERS
PRICING: Member $99 | Non-Member $149
Perfect for Small Businesses! The MI Chamber’s Sample Employee Handbook provides a comprehensive and easy-to-understand blueprint for your company policies.
Our goal is to provide an affordable template that you can trust and easily implement as content in your organization’s employee handbook.
Benefits for Your MI Business:
- Developed by experts: This downloadable handbook is created by trusted employment law attorneys at Michigan-based, Butzel Law Firm, in collaboration with the MI Chamber, ensuring its accuracy and reliability.
- Easy to understand: The clear and concise language makes it easy for your employees to access and understand company policies and procedures. Topics include workplace safety, benefits and leave, company confidentiality, non-discrimination, IT and much more.
- 2025 Michigan legislative updates: Two policy options are included for the Earned Sick Time Act that took effect February 21, 2025.
EMPLOYMENT LAW ASSISTANCE IN MICHIGAN
Employment laws are complex and ever-changing, putting businesses at risk for significant financial penalties as a result of non-compliance. As a Michigan Chamber member, you can receive free information from trusted labor and employment law experts at the Bodman firm to protect your business and ensure compliance with current federal and state labor employment laws.
Members can depend on the Employment Law Assistance for access to information such as:
- New and pending labor and employment laws and decisions which significantly impact your business;
- Protecting your business against discrimination claims in such areas as sex, sexual harassment, race, handicap, age and others;
- Dealing with drugs, alcohol and substance abuse testing in the workplace;
- Maintaining a union-free workplace;
- Avoid employee lawsuits;
- Development of employee handbooks and policies;
- Affirmative action programs;
- Unions, union activity, collective bargaining and arbitration.
If your inquiry requires follow-up advice and counsel of an attorney, or if there are subsequent calls and/or conferences on the same topic as the initial call, a separate professional fee will be charged based on the attorney’s hourly rate. This legal work will be entirely at your option.
Obtain Employment law assistance
To obtain employment law assistance, simply complete the form below. You can expect a representative from Bodman PLC Law Firm to contact you to answer your question(s). Michigan Chamber of Commerce reserves the right at any time to alter rules and charges governing the use of the Employment Law Assistance.