Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA issued an emergency temporary standard COVID ETS with significant implications for health care employers but not other industries, separate guidance optional for the rest of the workforce concerened with coronavirus policy.
Learning Objectives: - Discuss OIG work planning process, work plan items, and other government reports - Provider insights into COVID-19 audits, reviews, and.
Dive Brief:
A federal judge in California has dismissed the claims of a construction worker s wife who said she contracted COVID-19 after her husband was exposed to the novel coronavirus at work.
Corby Kuciemba filed a lawsuit against her husband s employer, Victory Woodworks, alleging that Victory knew that another employee had tested positive for COVID-19 but instead of requiring him or her to quarantine, assigned the employee to work with her husband on a San Francisco jobsite. Kuciemba sought damages in excess of $75,000 for medical expenses for at least one hospital stay, lost wages, lost earning capacity, pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life and emotional distress.
On March 22, 2021, former two-term Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Labor in a 68-29 Senate vote. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) supported Walsh’s.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
During the past 14 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have experienced an unprecedented flurry of new laws, regulations and guidance, frequently conflicting with one another and unclear. Although health concerns arising from the pandemic are finally starting to subside with the growing distribution of vaccinations, employers will still face challenges and uncertainty as the applicable laws and guidance are peeled back in the “new normal.”
Many questions still exist as to mandatory vaccines, medical confidentiality, incentives for employees to receive the vaccines, protocols for vaccinated employees to interact in the workplace and safety protocols in general. While New Jersey and New York adopted a somewhat coordinated approach to closing measures during the pandemic, and recently announced joint relaxation of capacity requirements, key differences in approaches remain. Set forth below is a summary of recent developments and recommended next ste