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MiMfg Magazine
April 2019
MFG
@ Work
What’s Happening
in Michigan
Manufacturing
Court to Advise on
Constitutionality of
Michigan’s Paid
Medical Leave Act
In response to a request from
the Legislature, the Michigan
Supreme Court set a schedule
for oral arguments and briefings
on the question of whether the
Legislature’s actions last year to
adopt and amend the proposed
Earned Sick Time Act and the
Improved Workforce Opportunity
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Wage Act were constitutional.
Without the MMA-led effort to
adopt and amend, Michigan
Contact Mike Johnston, MMA
According to a company
would have been at risk of facing
vice president of government affairs,
release, production of Ford’s first
the most onerous and expensive
at [email protected] or 517-
autonomous vehicles will begin in
paid sick leave policy in the nation.
487-8554, with questions.
2021 for deployment in commercial
services to move people and goods.
Oral arguments will be heard
on 7/17/19. Briefs in support of
“As we ramp up AV production,
Ford Invests in
the constitutionality of the enacted
this plan allows us to adjust our
Michigan as Focal
legislation, including briefs from
investment spending to accom-
MMA in conjunction with the
modate the pace of growth of this
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broader business community, must
exciting new technology,” Hinrichs
Vehicle Tech
be filed by 5/15/19. Briefs in
said. “This new plan combines our
Ford announced recently its
opposition to the constitutionality
core strength in mass manufacturing
intent to expand production of
of the enacted legislation are to be
with the agility and leanness we’ve
next-generation battery electric
filed by 6/19/19. The Court’s
shown with our modification centers
vehicles in southeast Michigan
order is available at mimfg.org .
for specialty manufacturing.”
with an $850 million investment
The Paid Medical Leave Act
Hinrichs continued, saying
at Flat Rock Assembly Plant. The
went into effect on 3/29/19 and
“We continue driving to find new
investment will be spaced out
MMA has compiled a number of
and better ways to boost our
through 2023 and will create 900
resources to assist your company
fitness as a company and one of
direct new jobs all while ensuring
in compliance, including:
the world’s leading manufacturers.
the company’s first autonomous
Working together with our
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vehicles are manufactured in the
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government officials around the
“We’ve
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fresh
look
at
the
world, we are continuing to
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additional production capacity
and value even more efficiently.”
given our accelerated plans for fully
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electric vehicles,” said Joe Hinrichs,
MiMfg Magazine, MMA’s
Ford president of global operations.
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