Yesterday, MITA partnered with Bodman PLC to present a live COVID-19 webinar. Many employers are facing severe staffing shortages now. Enhanced and expanded unemployment benefits and protections against discipline for failing to return to work have left employers searching for methods to maintain staffing levels. Bodman workplace law attorneys discussed solutions

Effective 7:00 a.m. Friday, April 24th, 2020 weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including US-2/US-141 at the Menominee River bridge west of Iron Mountain, then east on US-2 to St. Ignace then north on I-75 to the International

Yesterday afternoon, MDOT’s Chief Operations Officer, Tony Kratofil, notified industry that MDOT, like other state departments, would be implementing temporary layoffs starting next week for a number of their employees due to budget concerns. Mr. Kratofil’s email message included disappointing, but realistic commentary about the significant budgetary impacts the State