On Thursday, April 21, 2022, the Standards Board of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) adopted streamlined COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) regulations after several months of...more
4/26/2022
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On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, just a day before her bill was slated to be heard in the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) announced that she would hold the bill, which would have...more
With new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations falling to pre-surge levels, on February 25, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom acted to lift almost all of the remaining provisions of his COVID-19 executive orders (EOs)....more
With the recent Omicron surge of COVID-19 easing, on Monday, February 7, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California would be ending its statewide indoor mask mandate on February 15, 2022. The change will apply only...more
Proposed Legislation Will Require Employers to Provide Additional Leave -
Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced they had reached an agreement to restore California’s requirement that businesses provide...more
1/27/2022
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On Thursday, December 16, 2021, the Standards Board of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) voted to update and readopt rules it had previously put into effect to deal with the COVID-19...more
On Monday, December 13, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health announced a renewed mask mandate for all indoor settings. The new mandate requires that face coverings be worn by all...more
12/16/2021
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On August 18, 2021, the Los Angeles City Council approved a Motion instructing various City offices to develop a policy by September 3, 2021, that would require all City contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and...more
After a brief period of uncertainty, it appears that California Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) will bring COVID-19 workplace mask regulations in line with federal and other state regulations that permit vaccinated...more
L.A. County Continues Improvement on COVID-19 Metrics -
Last week, L.A. County experienced continued improvement with its COVID-19 metrics.
The County’s cumulative test positivity rate fell to 17%, lower than the...more
L.A. County Remains in Tier 2 -
As of last Monday, L.A. County remains in Tier 2 of the State’s Blueprint. Last week, the County’s adjusted case rate was 3.7 new cases per 100,000 residents....more
As of last Monday, LA County entered Tier 2 of the State’s Blueprint. This change allowed the County to reopen several sectors, including limited indoor dining and expanded indoor retail and entertainment activities....more
COVID-19 Cases Continue to Decline in Los Angeles -
Last week, Los Angeles experienced the continued reduction of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. On Monday, March 1, 2021, L.A. County Director of Public...more
COVID-19 Rates Leveled Off, Hospitalizations Continue to Fall -
COVID-19 case rates leveled off slightly last week, with new reported cases averaging 1,820 per day. Hospitalizations continued to fall, and on Thursday,...more
COVID-19 Rates and Hospitalizations Continue to Fall -
COVID-19 infection rates, hospitalizations and fatalities continue to fall in L.A. County. New infections are down 77% since the beginning of the year,...more
COVID-19 Rates Continue Encouraging Trend -
At the L.A. County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, County Director of Public Health Dr. Barbara Ferrer said that she was “encouraged by the...more
A Dangerous COVID-19 Surge -
Last week, Los Angeles County experienced the most severe increase in COVID-19 cases to date. The daily average of new cases exceeded 8,000 for each day last week, and from December 7 to...more
A Dangerous COVID-19 Surge -
Last week, Los Angeles County faced an unprecedented rise in new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. The County experienced a record number of new cases, peaking at 10,528 on Sunday,...more
New Order Reinstates Restrictions on Business, Travel and Other Nonessential Activities -
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the release of a new regional Stay-at-Home Order in...more
On Tuesday, November 24, 2020, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new anti-retaliation ordinance, which is intended to protect employees in the County who report or discuss public health violations by...more
On Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, the Department of Industrial Relations Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) voted unanimously to move forward with a set of new regulations that heighten workplace safety...more
Returning to Summer COVID-19 Rates -
Last week, Los Angeles County remained at Tier 1 of the State’s Blueprint. Meanwhile, the County experienced a rise in COVID-19 metrics to levels not seen since the summer. In a press...more
No Indication of a Labor Day Surge -
At the beginning of the week of September 28, 2020, County officials noted that the Los Angeles region did not appear to experience a surge in COVID-19 cases related to the Labor Day...more
Forward Progress as We Enter Fall -
Coming out of the holiday weekend, Los Angeles County and City officials were hopeful that the region would continue to make progress in containing COVID-19. The County’s metrics...more
Moving to a New Reopening Last week was the first full week under Governor Newsom’s new Blueprint for Economic Recovery four-tiered classification system for COVID-19 restrictions in the state. As of the publication of this...more