Don Thompson June 09, 2021 - 9:33 PM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â Californiaâs workplace regulators have reversed themselves for the second time in a week.
They withdrew a controversial, pending mask regulation late Wednesday.
That will give them time to consider a rule that more closely aligns with Gov. Gavin Newsomâs promise that the state will fully reopen from the pandemic on Tuesday.
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Boardâs revised rule would have allowed workers to forego masks only if every employee in a room is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. That contrasts with the stateâs broader plan to do away with virtually all masking requirements for vaccinated people in concert with the latest recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Members of a California workplace safety board suggested they will move to allow fully vaccinated employees to stop wearing masks while on the job, putting proposed health rules in agreement with recommendations issued by federal and state health officials.
Details were scant, but Eric Berg, deputy chief of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, said the expectation is that the standards “will be consistent with” new mask rules issued by the California Department of Public Health for the general public, which are set to go into effect Tuesday.
Those rules allow people who are fully vaccinated to not wear masks, with some exceptions, such as on public transit.
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The California workplace safety board suggested it will move to allow fully vaccinated employees to stop wearing masks while on the job, even around those who are not vaccinated.