All Items: Workplace Safety

Employer's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Gets Green Light in Federal Court

Date:

September 28, 2021

The judge held that employees' suspicion of COVID-19 vaccines cannot override the law in denying a group's request to block their health care employer's vaccine mandate.
New California Law Aims to Curb Warehouse Production Quotas

Date:

September 24, 2021

A new California law imposes transparency requirements for production quotas at large warehouse and distribution facilities and limits the quotas employees at these facilities may be required to meet.
OSHA Updates Workplace Coronavirus Guidance

Date:

August 17, 2021

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) now recommends that fully vaccinated employees wear a mask in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high transmission, among other measures to mitigate and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace.
OSHA Releases COVID-19 Standard for Healthcare, Updates Guidance for Other Industries

Date:

June 14, 2021

OSHA has released an emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 for healthcare and updated its guidance on mitigating and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace for all other industries.
What CDC's Relaxing of Mask Rules Means for Workplace Vaccine Mandates

Date:

May 18, 2021

OSHA is now advising employers to refer to last week's Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidance that fully vaccinated individuals may stop wearing masks or maintaining physical distance in most settings.
First-of-Its-Kind New York Law Will Require Airborne Disease Standards

Date:

May 10, 2021

A first-in-the-nation law will soon require New York businesses to create and adopt mandatory safety standards for all airborne infectious diseases, including COVID-19.
Employers That Don't Protect Workers From COVID-19 May Find Themselves in OSHA's Crosshairs

Date:

March 16, 2021

OSHA has launched a new nationwide program focusing enforcement efforts on protecting high-risk employees from contracting the coronavirus while also protecting them from retaliation for complaining about unsafe conditions.
Biden Calls for OSHA Action on COVID-19

Date:

January 22, 2021

President Biden on January 21 issued an executive order calling on OSHA and other federal agencies to strengthen workplace protections from COVID-19.
California Adopts Emergency COVID-19 Workplace Safety Regulations

Date:

December 1, 2020

An emergency regulation from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) requires most employers to comply with several new workplace safety requirements.
OSHA Issues New COVID-19 Guidance on Workplace Ventilation

Date:

November 20, 2020

Amid record-breaking numbers of new coronavirus cases across the US, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued new guidance on ventilation in the workplace.

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All Items: Workplace Safety

Employer's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Gets Green Light in Federal Court

New California Law Aims to Curb Warehouse Production Quotas

OSHA Updates Workplace Coronavirus Guidance

OSHA Releases COVID-19 Standard for Healthcare, Updates Guidance for Other Industries

What CDC's Relaxing of Mask Rules Means for Workplace Vaccine Mandates

First-of-Its-Kind New York Law Will Require Airborne Disease Standards

Employers That Don't Protect Workers From COVID-19 May Find Themselves in OSHA's Crosshairs

Biden Calls for OSHA Action on COVID-19

California Adopts Emergency COVID-19 Workplace Safety Regulations

OSHA Issues New COVID-19 Guidance on Workplace Ventilation

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