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Missouri passed a right to sit law for women workers in 1885. [citation needed] In 1973, the Missouri Attorney General ruled that employers must provide seating for both sexes, or in cases where standing was necessary, no seating for either sex. [8] Missouri's right to sit law was repealed on August 28, 2007. [113] [24]
The Michigan Supreme Court could soon decide whether the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act of 1976 protects gay and transgender residents from discrimination because it prohibits sex-based bias.
The right to sit refers to laws or policies granting workers the right to be granted suitable seating at the workplace. Jurisdictions that have enshrined "right to sit" laws or policies include Austria, Japan, Germany, Mexico, France, Spain, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Jamaica, South Africa, Eswatini, Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda, Lesotho ...
A referendum upholding a law which modified vehicle permitting requirements Failed 640,051 (40.76%) 930,227 (59.24%) Proposal 4 A referendum upholding a law further regulating the practice of dentistry and dental surgery Passed 735,053 (58.73%) 516,597 (41.27%)
On a party-line vote, Democrats repealed Michigan's "right-to-work" law that had allowed workers in unionized workplaces to opt out of paying union dues. About half of U.S. states have right-to ...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed two bills banning so-called conversion therapy, a scientifically discredited practice intended to change a person’s sexual orientation, for minors in ...
The Michigan Senate passed hate crime bills package in December 2024 without amendment - immediately after the news reports of a Michigan man who “plotted and threatened the murder of gay men”. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] The Governor of Michigan in January 2025, signed the hate crime bills package into law, with the law going into effect 90 days after ...
Michigan lawmakers last year celebrated a series of bills signed into law aimed at overhauling Michigan's juvenile justice system. But they left one bill out of the package that would ensure legal ...