Michigan Civil Rights Poster Has Been Updated

The Michigan Department of Civil Rights has updated a poster that employers must post at their Michigan work sites. The poster—Michigan Law Prohibits Discrimination—is a required posting under the Michigan Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act and the Michigan Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act (MPWDA). The new poster was recently released and has reinserted language addressing accommodation under the MPWDA that had been eliminated in 2011. The new poster now states that "Persons with disabilities needing accommodation for employment must notify their employers in writing within 182 days."

This notice provision addressing the need for accommodation arises from the MPWDA, which provides at MCL §37.1210 as follows:

A person with a disability may allege a violation against a person regarding a failure to accommodate under this article only if the person with a disability notifies the person in writing of the need for accommodation within 182 days after the date the person with a disability knew or reasonably should have known that an accommodation was needed. A person shall post notices...

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