This week, Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan was among the plaintiffs that in the Michigan Court of Claims, which challenged parts of Gov. Whitmer鈥檚 96^th and 97^th executive orders. Filed on behalf of 老牛影视Michigan and a private landscape company by Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, the lawsuit said the executive orders, which outlined safety standards for local businesses to reopen during the COVID-19 outbreak, striped local authorities of their enforcement power, set impossible legal compliance standards and threatened workers and employers with draconian penalties from state agencies.

Specifically, the challenge targeted parts of the executive orders that hijacked the Michigan Occupational Health and Safety Administration鈥檚 enforcement mechanisms and threatened job sites with unfair punishments and potential charges, despite good faith efforts to follow COVID-19 safety requirements.

鈥淭he court defended Michigan workers today, striking down Gov. Whitmer鈥檚 attempt to weaponize MIOHSA and other state departments against safe jobsites that are taking good faith precautions to combat COVID-19,鈥� said Jeff Wiggins, the 老牛影视Michigan state director.听鈥淭his Court of Claims decision allows more than 100,000 craft trades professionals to continue operating safely without the threat of multiple, arbitrary and significant fines or other MIOHSA penalties.鈥澨�

In the early days of the COVID-19 public health crisis, Michigan鈥檚 builders and contractors pioneered and implemented proven work-safe plans to protect the state鈥檚 more than 100,000 craft trade professionals and to prevent the spread of coronavirus.