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Legal Lessons Learned from Recent World Cups

The 2022 Men’s World Cup in Qatar and the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand set new standards for sustainability, human rights, and sponsorships—and with those new standards come new challenges....more

OSHA Sharpens Enforcement Tools with New Initiatives

The federal safety agency recently unveiled new initiatives aimed at “impactful enforcement . . . in the form of increased citations and penalties.” Changes to how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) uses...more

Cal/OSHA Standards Board Approves Second Readopted COVID-19 Prevention ETS

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

CAL/OSHA ‘Readopts’ Standards That Now Account for Fully Vaccinated Employees in the Workplace

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

OSHA Issues Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare Employers and Directs All Other Employers to Nonbinding Guidance

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued important updates to its COVID-19 guidance for employers on June 10. To start, the long-awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) is effective...more

CAL/OSHA Reverses Course on COVID-19 Standards; State Public Health and LA County Update Mask Guidance

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

CAL/OSHA Standards Board Tenuously Approves Updated COVID-19 Prevention Standards

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

Cal/OSHA’s Proposed Updated COVID-19 Prevention Standards Are More Restrictive Than CDC’s

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

Cal/OSHA Board Delays Proposed ‘Readoption’ of COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

The California Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board has decided to delay approving Cal/OSHA’s proposed “readoption” of the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards pending Cal/OSHA’s anticipated...more

Virginia Is First State to Pass Permanent Standard to Address COVID-19 in the Workplace

Virginia employers should take note of how the new COVID-19 permanent standard differs from last summer’s temporary standard and ensure that training and policies are updated accordingly. In July 2020, the Commonwealth of...more

Cal/OSHA’s Proposed Emergency COVID-19 Prevention Regulations Take Effect

California employers must now comply with a new set of emergency coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention regulations, which include a written prevention program, requirements for outbreaks and major outbreaks, and prevention...more

California Requires Employers to Provide Notice of Potential COVID-19 Exposure

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 685 on September 17, enhancing the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal-OSHA’s) enforcement of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection prevention requirements....more

OSHA COVID-19 Guidance Walks Back Prior Agency Positions

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan on May 19 for enforcing OSHA’s requirements with respect to coronavirus (COVID-19) and a Revised Enforcement...more

Show Me the Masks: Supplying Face Coverings and Respirators to Essential Employees

Employers are facing issues relating to shortages of respirators and non-surgical face coverings. The ever-evolving local, state, and federal regulatory landscape, coupled with these shortages, has sent employers scrambling,...more

OSHA Guidance Marks Dramatic Shift in Enforcement Focus Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a new guidance allowing field offices flexibility in handling COVID-19-related matters, including complaints. ...more

OSHA Announces Two-Week Extension for Electronic Submission of Form 300A

Employers subject to recordkeeping regulations should immediately begin preparing electronic submissions to comply with the December 15 deadline....more

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