OSHA's COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Contains Anti-Retaliation Provision | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On June 21, 2021, OSHA’s much-anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) on COVID-19 protections went into effect. While Proskauer’s Law and the Workplace blog covered the ETS in detail here, this post focuses on the anti-retaliation provision in the ETS. Anti-Retaliation Provision The ETS, which applies only to the health-care sector, contains an anti-retaliation provision prohibiting employers from discharging or discriminating against employees for exercising their rights and obligations relating to the COVID-19 p...