Michigan is lifting its work-from-home mandate after reaching a 55% vaccination rate

• Michigan is ending its work-from-home rule after vaccinating 55% of people aged 16 and over.
• Under that rule, companies are not allowed to let employees work onsite if they can do it from home.
• That mandate is expected to lift on May 24.
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Michigan is ending its work-from-home rule after reaching a 55% vaccination rate on Monday.

The 55% rate was considered a milestone by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the Associated Press reported. Last month she said that when 55% of the state’s population aged 16 or above was vaccination, in-person work would be allowed in all industries.

Under the current rule, companies are not allowed to let their employees work onsite if they can work from home, the AP reported.

The state now plans to lift that rule on May 24, said Sean Egan, the director of COVID-19 Workplace Safety for the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, per the AP.

According to the AP, more than 4.4 million people aged 16 and older in the state have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.