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 of COVID-19." The NEP also "includes an added focus to ensure that workers are protected from retaliation." The NEP is effective immediately and will remain in force no longer than a