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As the end of the year draws near, it is important for employers in California to remember there are multiple COVID-19 regulations and laws that will still apply to the workplace in 2023.

As the end of the year draws near, it is important for employers in California to remember there are multiple COVID-19 regulations and laws that will still apply to the workplace in...

Cal/OSHA first published a draft of the proposed Permanent Standard on June 18, 2022. Unlike the ETS and its various iterations, the Permanent Standard is a non-emergency regulation and therefore was required to proceed through the standard rulemaking process.

Under the proposed ETS, employees would be required to wear a mask during indoor daily health screenings regardless of vaccination status.

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health Cal/OSHA published the draft text for the proposed second re-adoption of its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard. The proposed ETS seeks to continue the current Emergency Temporary Standard effective since June 2021 wqith some key changes

Background Last November,  Cal/OSHA’s ETS went into effect. Now, amidst significant improvements to the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased scientific knowledge, the risk-benefit aspect of the current ETS has made compliance particularly burdensome and at times nonsensical, as subtly  noted by California’s Governor and repeatedly adjusted in  FAQs. Thankfully, however, Cal/OSHA has now published its  proposed revisions to the ETS, which the  OSHSB will consider at its  Th...