Michigan Employment Law Resources
Staying current with state and federal labor requirements is crucial for any Michigan business. Rely on the MI Chamber to assist you in remaining compliant and safeguarding your organization against unnecessary fines or regulatory issues.
VIRTUAL EMPLOYMENT LAW HANDBOOK for MI BUSINESSES
New e-Handbook now available for purchase with hundreds of updates for 2025, including final Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) and minimum wage changes! Content written expressly for Michigan employers.
The MI Chamber Employment Law Handbook has been a vital tool for Michigan businesses for over 20 years. In partnership with Miller Canfield, the handbook is updated annually and is brimming with all the latest employment law information, including updated legislation like ESTA 2.0 and changes to Minimum Wage, as well as evolving workplace rules around remote work guidelines and considerations. Sample forms and policies are provided to ensure your company can adapt and work efficiently.
The employment law experts at Miller Canfield provided the state and federal information and changes you need to know, and the Michigan Chamber helped compile into one complete resource.
ABOUT THE PUBLICATION
Easy to use: An electronic format was crafted to make searching for content easier than ever before. With active hyperlinks, you can simply search the Table of Contents or handbook for what you’re looking for, then click.
The content you need. This handbook has 22 comprehensive chapters compiled into three core volumes:
- Hiring and Firing : Covering key areas like pre-hire employment practices and proper screening methods for job applicants, various pitfalls to avoid during the hiring process and the reporting requirements for new hires as well as immigration issues, discipline and discharge procedures and unemployment benefit issues.
- Compensation and Benefits: Included and in high demand, will be updates on the newly finalized Earned Sick Time Act and Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act. The handbook also analyzes legal issues like employee benefits laws, health care reform requirements, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the importance of recordkeeping.
- Employer and Employee Protections: Exploring disability initiatives, employee privacy, searches and monitoring along with social media in the workplace, discrimination and harassment prevention, workers’ disability compensation, and more.
SPECIAL Q&A WEBINAR
Included with purchase of 2025 Employment Law Handbook,
Webinar Only: $49 for members, $99 for future-members.
Looking for more guidance on how to navigate the Employment Law Handbook? Join us May 1 from 12-1 p.m. as an expert from Miller Canfield answers all your questions in real-time. Register today!
SAMPLE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK 2025: A BLUEPRINT OF WORKPLACE POLICIES FOR EMPLOYERS
Perfect for Small Businesses! The MI Chamber’s Sample Employee Handbook, developed in collaboration with employment law experts at Butzel Law Firm, 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.
The MI Chamber’s Sample Employee Handbook is your one-stop shop for building a stronger workplace.
EMPLOYMENT LAW ASSISTANCE IN MICHIGAN
Employment laws are complex and ever-changing, putting businesses at risk for huge financial penalties as a result of non-compliance. As a Michigan Chamber member, you can receive free information 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.