Tag: Coronavirus
Posted on March 23, 2023
by Megan Shaked
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By Megan S. Shaked A little over a month into the life of the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Non-Emergency Rule and we already have our first significant update. Effective March 13, 2023, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has updated its Guidance on Isolation and… Continue Reading “CDPH Updates Isolation Guidance to Align with CDC’s Recommended Reentry for COVID-19 Cases”
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Category: UncategorizedTags: Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, Cal/OSHA Non-Emergency Rule, California Department of Public Helth, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, CDPH, Coronavirus, COVID-19, FAQs, Guidance on Isolation and Quarantine, Infectious Period, OSHA
Posted on September 16, 2022
by Megan Shaked
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By Andrew Sommer and Megan Shaked In July 2022, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) revealed a proposed Permanent COVID-19 regulation. The draft permanent rule is intended to replace the current version of the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that is set to… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA Moves Closer to Issuing Its COVID-19 Non-Emergency Standard“
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Category: UncategorizedTags: Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 ETS, Emergency Temporary Standard, Employers Coalition, OSHA, Proposed Permanent COVID-19 Rule, proposed permanent rule
Posted on July 22, 2022
by Megan Shaked
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By Megan S. Shaked With the definition of “close contacts” now focused on “shared indoor airspace” rather than the 6 feet/15 minute threshold, Cal/OSHA has updated its FAQs to assist in interpreting the various ETS requirements implicated by the new definition. Background When the current… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA Updates FAQs Following New CDPH Definition of Close Contacts”
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Category: UncategorizedTags: Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, CDPH, Close Contact, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 ETS, Emergency Temporary Standard, ETS, FAQs, OSHA
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