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On Jan. 9, Cal/OSHA and the California Department of Public Health issued an order revising its COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations (“Regulations”). These changes include revisions to the definition of infectious period, isolation requirements for positive cases and close contact testing.
With record-breaking temperatures continuing nationwide, President Joe Biden has asked the Labor Department to issue its first-ever hazard alert for heat and step up enforcement in agriculture and construction, which are considered high-risk industries.
Democrats in the Pennsylvania House and Senate have continued their push to extend OSHA protections to state and municipal employees.
California Office of Administrative Law approved California Division of Occupational Health and Safety’s Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations. Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards expired, Non-Emergency Regulations went into effect.
On February 3, 2023, California’s Office of Administrative Law approved Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Non-Emergency Regulation (NER). The NER is now the operative COVID-19 regulation for most...