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Rarely have presidential candidates campaigned on promulgating an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard, but on the campaign trail, President Joe Biden did just...
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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Though employers have been enforcing their COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plans for many months, recent legislation and public health guidance necessitate an update and provide some unexpected room for employer discretion. The sources of change: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) empowered local and state public health agencies to endorse shortened quarantine periods; Enrolled Senate Bill 1258 amended Enrolled House Bill 6032, adjusting Michigan law to permit employers to take advantage of the shortened q...
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Note: This alert supersedes and replaces an earlier alert on the same topic, issued on December 22, 2020. In mid-December 2020, Maine Governor Janet Mills, the state’s attorney general’s office, the Maine Department of Health & Human Services, and the Maine Human Rights Commission published new guidance concerning mask directives and the availability of accommodations for individuals prevented from wearing a mask or face covering due to a disability. These publications have generated a number of questions within the employer ...
Virginia Developments Readers will no doubt recall that, during the week of July 27, 2020, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry adopted an Emergency Temporary Standard concerning COVID-19 and how employers were to protect employees in the workplace from being exposed and/or contracting COVID-19. Virginia was the first state to adopt such standards. When the Emergency Temporary Standard went into effect, it was made clear that it would expire either within six months of its adoption, upon the expiration of Governor Northam’s State of Emergency Order for Virginia, which has not o...