Feb 21, 2025 | Legislative
As previously thought, the legislature made changes to the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) that was to go into effect today, February 21, 2025. Those changes were made during the last minutes before becoming law, making things even more difficult to implement. We are...
Feb 17, 2025 | Legislative
As the February 21 deadline for the new Earned Sick Time Act (ETSA) to go into effect, the Legislature continues to work on improving the legislation so that it is friendlier to the business community in Michigan to administer. Earlier this year, the House of...
Feb 3, 2025 | Legislative
MITA staff has heard from a lot of members regarding the new Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) and the changes that go into effect on February 21, 2025 that could impact every MITA company. Most of you have probably read in the paper regarding this and a minimum wage issue...
Nov 26, 2024 | Legislative
While no definitive action has been taken, you should know that the political process regarding road funding and our impending funding cliff is in full swing. Two Fridays ago our Governor challenged the legislature to develop legislation to avoid the road funding...
Nov 14, 2024 | Legislative
Legislation pushed by MITA that allows speed camera enforcement within work zones has passed the legislative process and awaits Governor Whitmer’s signature. Six years ago, after several years of increased fatalities within work zones, MITA and MDOT formed the...
Nov 7, 2024 | Legislative
After a long and contentious campaign season, the Michigan House of Representatives will flip majority control to Republicans beginning January 1, 2025. Four Democratic incumbents lost their re-election efforts, giving Republicans a 58 to 52-seat majority when the...