The California Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision on May 22, 2023 in People ex rel. Garcia-Brower v. Kolla’s, Inc., which expanded the definition of “disclose” under California Labor Code Section 1102.5. The court...more
The California Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board voted on December 15 to approve a non-emergency COVID-19 prevention standard. If approved by the Office of Administrative Law, this non-emergency...more
While state and local governments and local health authorities can continue to require individuals and businesses to maintain stricter standards than the CDC’s recently updated guidance, the changes reflect the CDC’s current...more
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its guidance on employer COVID-19 testing programs on July 12. The update reinforces that the evolving circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic require an individualized...more
California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board met on April 21 and approved the third and final readoption of the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard. This third readoption relaxes some of the prior COVID-19...more
The Supreme Court of California, in response to a question certified to it by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, clarified on January 27 in a unanimous opinion that California Labor Code Section 1102.6 provides...more
In response to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, effective January 6, the LA County Department of Public Health revised its Health Office Order to include several notable updates, the most significant being a...more
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board on December 16 voted to approve the second readoption of the California COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) during its monthly public meeting. The revised ETS will not adopt...more
The California Department of Public Health on December 13 announced that it will require all people—regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status—to wear face masks in all “indoor public settings” from December 15 through at...more
A federal judge in Georgia issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the federal government from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors nationwide. This decision follows a November...more
The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued guidance on September 24 detailing the requirements that covered federal contractors and subcontractors must follow to comply with Executive Order 14042, “Ensuring Adequate COVID...more
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted on June 17 to “readopt” the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) with several revisions that brought the ETS rules for fully vaccinated employees more in line with the...more
Santa Clara County, California issued a health officer order on June 21, 2021, to phase out its May 18 health officer order, which required businesses to ascertain the vaccination status of all personnel working in the county...more
In another reversal, on June 9 the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board unanimously voted to withdraw the “Readopted” Emergency Temporary Standards that it had approved just six...more
At a Standards Board meeting on June 3, 2021, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) “readopted” its COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards with revisions as published on May 28. Most...more
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The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) on May 28 released much-anticipated updated text for its proposed “Readoption” of COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards. Perhaps the biggest...more
On May 18, 2021, Santa Clara County issued the Order of the Health Officer of the County of Santa Clara to Protect the Community from COVID-19, which became effective on May 19, 2021. Most notably, the order requires...more
As part of his continuing response to the increasing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in California, Governor Gavin Newsom released the COVID-19 Employer Playbook on July 24 to assist employers in navigating reopening and...more