Tag: Coronavirus
OSHA Issues Its COVID-19 Vaccination, Testing, and Face Coverings Emergency Temporary Standard
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”
OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard Set to Issue Imminently
By Conn Maciel Carey LLP’s COVID-19 Task Force OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing emergency temporary standard is expected to be released imminently, likely Wednesday or Thursday of this week. OMB Has Concluded Its Review of the ETS: This morning, OMB’s website updated again, but this… Continue Reading “OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard Set to Issue Imminently”
Cal/OSHA Proposes Revised COVID-19 ETS for Readoption
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”
President Biden’s Broad COVID-19 “Hard” Vaccine-Mandate for Federal Contractors
By Conn Maciel Carey’s COVID-19 Task Force While we have been mostly focused on the September 9th directive from President Biden to fed OSHA to issue a COVID-19 vaccination / testing emergency temporary standard, that was hardly the only major move the Administration announced on the… Continue Reading “President Biden’s Broad COVID-19 “Hard” Vaccine-Mandate for Federal Contractors”
Pfizer Vaccine’s Full FDA Approval – What Does This Mean for Employers?
By Conn Maciel Carey’s COVID-19 Task Force Earlier this week, on August 23, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Earlier this year, many employers were hesitant to issue vaccine mandates and expressed concerns about potential legal risks associated… Continue Reading “Pfizer Vaccine’s Full FDA Approval – What Does This Mean for Employers?”
Federal OSHA to Issue Another COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Setting a “Soft” Vaccine-Mandate
By Conn Maciel Carey’s COVID-19 Taskforce On September 9, 2021, President Biden charged federal OSHA with developing a second emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring all but small employers in all industries but healthcare to implement “soft” vaccine mandates, i.e., to require employees to either be… Continue Reading “Federal OSHA to Issue Another COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Setting a “Soft” Vaccine-Mandate”
CAL/OSHA PROPOSES “PERMANENT” COVID-19 PREVENTION RULE – UNDER REVIEW BY ITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Cal/OSHA has just convened an Advisory Committee to consider a proposed permanent Cal/OSHA COVID-19 prevention permanent rule, scheduled to meet on September 23, 2021. Conn Maciel Carey has been invited to serve on the Advisory Committee, on behalf of the California Employers COVID-19 Prevention… Continue Reading “CAL/OSHA PROPOSES “PERMANENT” COVID-19 PREVENTION RULE – UNDER REVIEW BY ITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE”
[RESCHEDULED] Cal/OSHA’S Revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
Because the Cal/OSHA Standards Board has just pulled back the revisions to the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) and will consider other revisions at its June 17th meeting, we have rescheduled our webinar “Cal/OSHA’s Revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard” for June 18, 2021, at 10… Continue Reading “[RESCHEDULED] Cal/OSHA’S Revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard”
[Webinar] Cal/osha’s revised covid-19 emergency temporary standard
On Friday, June 11th at 9:00 A.M. PT / 12:00 P.M. ET, join Andrew J. Sommer, Eric J. Conn and Megan S. Shaked for a webinar regarding Cal/OSHA’s Revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard. The saga around Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) has taken… Continue Reading “[Webinar] Cal/osha’s revised covid-19 emergency temporary standard”
Cal/OSHA Standards Board Votes Down – Then Revotes to Adopt, with Reservations – Cal /OSHA Revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
By Conn Maciel Carey’s COVID-19 Task Force Yesterday, June 3, 2021, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Board) convened and, in a bizarre turn of events, voted against, and then, moments later, voted to approve, Cal/OSHA’s revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA Standards Board Votes Down – Then Revotes to Adopt, with Reservations – Cal /OSHA Revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard”
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Beeta B. Lashkari
Eric J. Conn
Rachel L. Conn
Megan Shaked
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