Reopen Michigan Safely

More than 10,000 comments were submitted to , leading to unnecessary permanent COVID rules being withdrawn. THANK YOU Michigan job creators for your work to restart our economy!

"The new order eliminates the six-person table seating limit...a rule that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer herself violated over the weekend when she gathered with a dozen friends at the Landshark, an East Lansing bar and restaurant."

New Michigan health order eliminates restaurant table limit, allows dance floors, pool tables to reopen Starting June 1, the big party table is back in Michigan bars and restaurants — and the dance floor will be open. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' new order for gatherings eliminates the six-person table seating limit that has been in place since February after the late fall.....

"Joe Bauman, president of the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber, was one of the leaders behind the group Reopen Michigan Safely, which launched earlier this year and aimed to end the in-person working ban in the state. Comprised of local chamber of commerce and industrial groups, it aimed at lobbying the state to end the ban, which, Bauman said, is affecting not just the workers in the offices but the surrounding areas."

After a year of working remotely, office employees can head to the office beginning May 24 Here's what some local leaders think as the ban on in-office work is lifted beginning Monday.

"Hinrich’s chamber is part of 59 Michigan business organizations that formed the Reopen Michigan Safely coalition this March. The group submitted “thousands” of comments in opposition to the idea of permanent MIOSHA rules.

“The proposed permanent MIOSHA regulations … would have been disastrous for our state’s employers, communities and workforce,” said Ronald Hinrichs, president and CEO of the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce in a news release. “We agree that this is a step in the right direction.”

Michigan abandons plans to create permanent COVID-19 rules But the current rules are in place until Oct. 14.