This article on Emergency Response planning will wrap up our series of three articles on that subject. First, we reviewed the OSHA requirements for employers with over ten employees. Then we reviewed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Management Guide for Business and Industry, which presented step-by-step instructions on developing a company plan to respond to the kinds of catastrophic emergencies an organization can face. But keep in mind that Emergency and Disaster Planning is a big subject, bigger than any three short articles. Planners must do their homework to develop he right comprehensive plan for their organization.

Where should Michigan employers go on domestic partner benefits?

If the latest statewide poll results are an indicator of where Michiganders stand on the question of same-sex marriage, many Michigan private-sector employers will feel the need to take a fresh, hard look at whether or not they should be offering domestic partner benefits to their unmarried employees.