HOPEFULLY THE LAST COVID-19 CDPH SUBSTANTIVE UPDATE On September 13th, the California Department of Public Health ("CDPH") issued another COVID-19 order for health care and school workplaces[1] that, while it does not rescind other areas, does rescind weekly testing requirements for health care workers (“HCW”) who had not vaccinated (but...
OSHA Changes To Recordkeeping and Submission Requirements for Employers The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued new proposed rules today that would require “establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated industries to electronically submit information from their OSHA Forms 300, 301 and 300A to OSHA once a...
SAY IT AIN’T SO: EMPLOYERS ADVISED TO FIRE UNVACCINATED? State courts across the country have upheld employers' mandatory vaccination policies. Those decisions are winding their way toward the Supreme Court, which will likely have to weigh in on the enforceability of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (“OSHA”) emergency temporary rules...
OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccine-Testing Mandate Back in Effect On December 17, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the nationwide stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that had been imposed by the Fifth Circuit, requiring the ETS’s employer vaccination and testing requirements for COVID-19...
TODAY - OSHA ISSUED GUIDANCE FOR VACCINE MANDATES By December 4, 2021, large employers (those with over 100 employees, including remote and part time employees - everybody) must put in place vaccine mandate requirements for employees. Today OSHA issued the Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”) for large employers and Frequently Asked...
COVID-19: OSHA Offers Guidance To Employers and Employees in New FAQs On July 2, 2020, OSHA published Frequently Asked Questions[1] on COVID-19 topics. OSHA updated previous guidance and incorporated guidance from other federal agencies. The FAQs provide links to employment-related resources involving workplace safety and health topics, including COVID-19 issues. ...
COVID 19: Face Masks, Testing and What Employer and Their Employees Need to Know Moving Forward in the Workplace According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSHA”), Employers must take precautions to protect employees (and customers) from COVID-19. The EEOC...