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Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Standards Are Here to Stay (for Another Two Years)

After numerous iterations and extensions of an emergency temporary standard, Cal/OSHA approved a non-emergency standard on December 15, 2022, set to take effect in January 2023. Employers are no longer required to pay...more

OSHA issues ETS COVID-19 Mandate for Large Private-Sector Employers

In a bid to encourage vaccination among the nation’s workers to protect unvaccinated people, OSHA’s new Emergency Temporary Standard calls for private-sector employers with more than 100 employees to mandate COVID-19...more

OSHA to Require COVID-19 Vaccination or Testing Mandates for Large Private-Sector Employers

Under a forthcoming OSHA emergency temporary standard, private-sector employers with more than 100 employees will be required to mandate COVID-19 vaccination or weekly testing. Eliminating a testing alternative, federal...more

Cal/OSHA Finally Approves Revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

Cal/OSHA issues guidance regarding revised standards, so employers should have more clarity on documentation of vaccination status and requirements for unvaccinated workers. Employers must record confidential vaccination...more

Cal/OSHA Eliminates Distancing, Mask Mandate for Vaccinated Workers

Cal/OSHA’s latest proposed revisions better align with public health guidance and state reopening plans. If proposed revisions are approved, physical distancing will no longer be required; only unvaccinated employees will...more

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Rule for Health Care Industry and Guidance for Other Industries

In response to President Biden’s January 2021 Executive Order, OSHA finally issues a proposed emergency temporary standard, albeit for the health care industry only. Health care industry is to comply with most provisions...more

Cal/OSHA to Vote on Revising COVID-19 Emergency Standards on June 3

Regardless of vaccination status, physical distancing could be required in California indoor workplaces until July 31, 2021. If proposed revisions are approved, California employers must provide respirators such as N95 masks...more

OSHA and Cal/OSHA Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Employees

Workplace safety agencies look to public health recommendations to update their own COVID-19 guidance and standards as they relate to the impact of vaccinations. Fully vaccinated, asymptomatic employees are no longer...more

2020 Cal/OSHA Inspection and Citation Statistics

Since August 2020, Cal/OSHA has issued COVID-19 citations with proposed penalties totaling almost $3,500,000. Cal/OSHA has not shied away from issuing citations related to COVID-19. As the pandemic subsides, Cal/OSHA...more

Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards for COVID-19

As of November 30, 2020, California employers are required to have a written COVID-19 Prevention Plan. The new rules may be duplicative of existing regulations, and go beyond safety and health into areas of employment...more

OSHA Overwhelmed by Pandemic-Related Whistleblower Complaints

It is no surprise that the pandemic has increased the number of whistleblower complaints, many involving social distancing and personal protective equipment violations. Employers cannot retaliate against workers who blow...more

All Employers Must Monitor Employee COVID-19 Cases Under Updates to OSHA’s Interim Enforcement Plan and Guidance for Recording...

As states reopen and employees return to work, OSHA updates its interim enforcement plan and issues revised guidance that requires all employers to investigate whether employee COVID-19 illnesses were contracted in the...more

OSHA’s Interim Enforcement Plan for COVID-19

OSHA provides its compliance officers with instructions for conducting COVID-19-related investigations and inspections arising from complaints, referrals, and reports of employee hospitalizations and fatalities. Sites with...more

California: Recording and Reporting of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

In a letter dated April 8, 2020, the chief of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) provides employers with guidance regarding recording and reporting confirmed COVID-19 cases. Cal/OSHA...more

Workplace Safety for Restaurant Workers in Light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has provided guidance on the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic which operators of restaurants and other food service establishments should know. An employer has a...more

Workplace Safety in the Midst of a Pandemic

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has provided guidance specific to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. - An employer has a duty to provide a safe workplace, free from hazards that may cause death...more

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