Category: Employment Issues
Posted on March 17, 2022
by Theresa Green
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On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, Andrew Sommer, Fred Walter, and Megan Shaked presented a webinar regarding a Cal/OSHA Enforcement and Regulatory Update. This has been a challenging year for California employers navigating the COVID-19 pandemic with a set of ever-changing regulatory requirements, as well… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA Enforcement and Regulatory Update [Webinar Recording]”
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Category: Employment Issues, OSHA Enforcement Inspections, OSHA Rulemaking, OSHA Webinars, UncategorizedTags: Assembly Bill 701, Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, Cal/OSHA Standards Board, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, COVID-19, COVID-19 ETS, DOSH, Emergency Temporary Standard, ETS, OSHA, OSHA Enforcement, Senate Bill 606
Posted on March 1, 2022
by Theresa Green
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By Conn Maciel Carey LLP’s COVID-19 Task Force As governors and big city mayors across the country have been allowing indoor masking mandates to expire over the last few weeks, last Friday, February 25th, the CDC unveiled a brand new approach to assessing COVID-19 risks… Continue Reading “CDC Relaxes Face Covering and Distancing Guidelines”
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Category: Employment Issues, OSHA RulemakingTags: Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Community Level Rating, COVID-19 ETS, Emergency Temporary Standard, hospital admissions, mask mandate, OSHA, OSHA Enforcement
Posted on February 3, 2022
by Megan Shaked
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In Western Growers Association, et al, v. Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, et al, the California appellate court recently affirmed the lower court’s decision denying a challenge to Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). This decision has far-reaching implications, affording considerable deference to the… Continue Reading “California Appellate Court Rejects Challenge to COVID-19 Emergency Rule”
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Category: Employment Issues, OSHA RulemakingTags: Andrew Sommer, Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 ETS, Emergency Temporary Standard, FAQs, findings of emergency, FOE, OSHA, OSHA Enforcement, Western Growers Association
Posted on January 7, 2022
by Megan Shaked
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Since our blog post only a week ago concerning the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) guidance on isolation and quarantine periods and its implications for the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), the CDPH has revised this guidance (January 6, 2022) – this… Continue Reading “FAQs Clarify Isolation and Quarantine Periods under Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Rule”
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Category: Employment Issues, OSHA Rulemaking, UncategorizedTags: Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, CDPH, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Booster, COVID-19 ETS, COVID-19 Vaccine, Emergency Temporary Standard, FAQs, isolation, OSHA, OSHA Enforcement, Quarantine
Posted on December 23, 2021
by Theresa Green
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By Conn Maciel Carey LLP’s COVID-19 Task Force As we shared over the weekend, at 6:50 PM on Friday night (December 17th), a three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the nationwide stay of OSHA’s Vaccinate-or-Test ETS that had been issued… Continue Reading “OSHA’s Vaccinate-or-Test ETS in the Hands of the Supreme Court”
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Category: Employment Issues, OSHA RulemakingTags: 6th Circuit, Coronavirus, Court of Appeals, COVID-19, COVID-19 ETS, Emergency Standard, Emergency Temporary Standard, ETS, ETS FAQs, OSHA, OSHA Enforcement, Sixth Circuit, Stay of the ETS, Testing, Testing Mandate, US Supreme Court, Vaccination, Vaccine-or-Test
Posted on December 21, 2021
by Theresa Green
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By Conn Maciel Carey’s COVID-19 Task Force In a Friday night surprise (December 17th), the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the nationwide stay of OSHA’s Vaccination, Testing, and Face Coverings ETS, so the ETS is alive and well (unless the U.S. Supreme… Continue Reading “FAQs About OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination, Testing, and Face Coverings Emergency Temporary Standard”
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Category: Employment Issues, OSHA RulemakingTags: 6th Circuit, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 ETS, Emergency Temporary Standard, Face Coverings, FAQs, OSHA, OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard, OSHA's ETS, Q&A, Sixth Circuit, Vaccine and Testing Mandate
Posted on December 20, 2021
by Theresa Green
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By Conn Maciel Carey’s COVID-19 Task Force We apologize for interrupting what we hoped be a quiet, pre-holiday weekend for everyone, but we have very important and time sensitive news to share about the status of OSHA’s Vaccination, Testing, and Face Coverings Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). … Continue Reading “BREAKING – Sixth Circuit Rescinds Stay of OSHA’s Vaccinate-or-Test Emergency Temporary Standard”
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Category: Employment IssuesTags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 ETS, COVID-19 Policies, COVID-19 Vaccination, Department of Labor, Emergency Temporary Standard, ETS Compliance, Medical Accommodations, OSHA, OSHA's Vaccination ETS, Religious Accommodations, Sixth Circuit, Testing Face Coverings, vaccine mandate
Posted on December 8, 2021
by Megan Shaked
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The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has issued a revised draft of the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for a second re-adoption. This draft shows in underlined text the latest proposed changes from the current emergency regulation (not the October draft text discussed in our prior… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA Standards Board to Consider Revised COVID-19 Emergency Rule for Re-adoption”
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Category: Employment Issues, UncategorizedTags: Andrew Sommer, Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Close Contact, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 ETS, COVID-19 Test, Emergency Temporary Standard, face covering, OSHA, vaccination status
Posted on November 4, 2021
by Megan Shaked
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By Conn Maciel Carey LLP’s COVID-19 Task Force At long last, OSHA has revealed its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing emergency regulation. The Federal Register site has updated to show the pre-publication package, which is set to run officially in the Federal Register tomorrow, November 5th. The 490-page… Continue Reading “OSHA Issues Its COVID-19 Vaccination, Testing, and Face Coverings Emergency Temporary Standard”
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Category: Employment Issues, OSHA RulemakingTags: Cal-OSHA, Conn Maciel Carey, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 ETS, COVID-19 Task Force, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Emergency Temporary Standard, Face Coverings, OSHA, OSHA Enforcement
Posted on October 26, 2021
by Megan Shaked
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Last month, Cal/OSHA issued a discussion draft of a proposed Cal/OSHA COVID-19 “permanent rule” and convened an Advisory Committee, involving hours of comment on September 23, 2021 by employer and labor advocates and public health officials. Conn Maciel Carey served on the Advisory Committee… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA Proposes Revised COVID-19 ETS for Readoption”
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Category: Employment Issues, OSHA Rulemaking, UncategorizedTags: Andrew Sommer, Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, Cal/OSHA Rulemaking, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Close Contact, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 outbreak, Emergency Temporary Standard, ETS, OSHA, OSHA Enforcement, Vaccination