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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In what is likely the final predicate for issuing a COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS), on March 12, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) "targeting specific high-hazard industries or activities" in which there is a "hazard of contracting SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), the cause...

Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 12, 2021, OSHA published its COVID-19 National Emphasis Program – Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), DIR 2021-01(CPL-03) (3-12-21). The Directive lays-out ...

Monday, February 1, 2021 On the second full day after President Biden took office, his administration released a broad-based, ambitious, 200-page National Strategy For The COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness (the “Plan”). The Plan’s stated objective is to “provide a roadmap to guide America out of the worst public health crisis in a century,” and sets forth seven goals to achieve that objective. The Plan emphasizes that the federal government’s actions will be fo...

Corporation for an inspection. but, also, to target specific industry in a specific part of the country without offering the appropriate justification. >> all right. well, one of the things that always makes me a little bit, i dont know, it drives me crazy, they come up with a name for their program. whether its a good program or not regional emphasis program. whoever came up with that i would love to know whose job that was. here is what oosha. we contacted the osha labor department to see what...