Virginia has repealed its first-in-the-nation standard on COVID-19 in the workplace.
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Virginia Drafts COVID-19 Guidance As It Mulls Eliminating Standard
By Courtney M. Malveaux on
Virginia has drafted workplace guidance in the event it strikes down its first-in-the-nation COVID-19 standard.
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Petitioners Ask 6th Circuit to Hear OSHA ETS Challenge En Banc with All Active Judges
By Melanie L. Paul on
Posted in Articles, COVID-19, OSHA Enforcement, OSHA ETS, OSHA Guidance, OSHA Legislation, OSHA Rulemaking, Vaccine
Four separate groups of petitioners challenging the OSHA ETS, including a coalition of 27 states, have asked the court to hear the OSHA challenge en banc, arguing that the case involves a question of exceptional importance in that it is an “unprecedented mandate of COVID vaccines based on a rarely used law of questionable applicability.”…
OSHA Updates Non-Healthcare Employer Guidance on COVID-19
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its COVID-19 guidance for non-healthcare employers, Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace, on August 13, 2021.
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OSHA’s Updated Guidance for COVID-19 in Workplaces
By Courtney M. Malveaux on
When the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rolled out its COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard on June 10, 2021, it also issued its updated Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in non-healthcare workplaces.
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Despite Relaxed CDC COVID-19 Guidance, No Relaxing of Rules (Yet) in California, Virginia
Posted in Articles, Cal/OSHA, COVID-19, OSHA Enforcement, OSHA Guidance, OSHA Rulemaking, State Plan
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has offered new COVID-19 guidance indicating that fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear masks or maintain physical distance from others in most settings. However, questions about employers’ compliance obligations and general duty expectations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) remain.…
OSHA, States Lag Behind CDC Guidance Lifting Requirements for Vaccinated Workers
Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offered new COVID-19 guidance allowing fully vaccinated individuals to avoid wearing masks or socially distancing in most settings, employers have been pushing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and state equivalents to embrace the change, but change is slow.
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Are Adverse Reactions to COVID-19 Shots Recordable to OSHA? It Depends.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that it will consider an adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine a “work-related” recordable illness if an employee is required to take the vaccine as a condition of employment.
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OSHA Issues New Guidance for Employers Combating COVID-19
By Mary L. Bradley & Raymond Perez, II on
Posted in COVID-19, OSHA Guidance
On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published “Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace.” The Guidance incorporates much of the existing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adds to guidance OSHA previously issued, and reflects strategies and…
OSHA Issues Updated COVID-19 Guidance in Compliance with President Biden’s Executive Order
By Mary L. Bradley & Raymond Perez, II on
Posted in COVID-19, OSHA Guidance
As directed by President Joe Biden’s Executive Order issued on January 21, 2021 requiring the Federal Government to take swift action to protect workers from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has released updated guidance on how to prevent exposure and the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace.
The guidance entitled…