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End of an Era: COVID-19 Rules Set to Sunset in February, But Some Requirements Remain

Cal/OSHA’s non-emergency COVID-19 rule requiring employers to adopt measures to address COVID-19 hazards is set to expire on February 3, 2025. However, employers must still comply with several obligations after that date....more

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Virginia Drafts COVID-19 Guidance As It Mulls Eliminating Standard

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Virginia has drafted workplace guidance in the event it strikes down its first-in-the-nation COVID-19 standard. On his first day in office, Governor Glenn Younkin declared Virginia “open for business” and issued...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

OSHA Issues Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect Healthcare Workers from COVID-19

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In response to President Biden’s Executive Order issued on January 21, 2021, directing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to take action to reduce the risk that workers may contract COVID-19 in the...more

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OSHA issues guidance on when employers should record adverse vaccine reactions

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On April 20, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its FAQs with guidance stating that employers who require their employees to get vaccinated as a condition of employment may need to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

UPDATED OSHA Considerations for Recording COVID-19 Illnesses

Even though OSHA has advised that no specific standard covers the novel coronavirus, human resource and safety personnel must be mindful of the generally-applicable standards that might apply. OSHA has issued several...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

OSHA Updates COVID-19 Recordkeeping Guidance

On May 19, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") issued new interim guidance on recordkeeping for COVID-19 cases in the workplace. Effective May 26, 2020, this guidance supersedes the April 10, 2020...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

To Record Or Not To Record: OSHA Changes Its Mind (Again) About COVID-19

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Just when employers began calling more employees back to work, OSHA revised its guidance on when a COVID-19 infection is recordable. On the surface, the new requirements remain the same as those issued in early April...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

OSHA Increases On-Site Inspections, Expands Employee Illness Recordkeeping Requirements in Response to Businesses Reopening

As various states continue to reopen their economies, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) has announced plans to increase on-site inspections in response to the ongoing COVID-19...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Work-From-Home Legal Issues Checklist

Working from home may not be practical in many work environments, for example, where company tools, machinery or equipment may be required to accomplish a job. Where a company must suspend work or close a work location, the...more

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Responding to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus: Guidance for US Employers

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The outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has created a number of questions and compliance challenges for employers in the United States as well as across the globe. This is a fluid and rapidly changing...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

OSHA Partially Rescinds Electronic Recordkeeping Rule

On January 25, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued final regulations that roll back an Obama-era proposal that would have required large employers to submit extensive...more

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