Tag: Emergency Temporary Standard
Last month, 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 expire at the end of… Continue Reading “Comment Period Set for Cal/OSHA’s Permanent COVID-19 Rule”
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Category: UncategorizedTags: Advisory Committee, Andrew Sommer, Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, CDPH, Close Contact, coalition, COVID-19, COVID-19 ETS, DOSH, Emergency Temporary Standard, FAQs, OSHA, Standards Board
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
Cal/OSHA’s rulemaking process does not allow for any more “re-adoptions” of the COVID-19 emergency rule, so if COVID-19 regulatory requirements are to remain, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board will need to adopt a permanent COVID-19 rule. While clarity had been lacking over the content and… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA’s Proposed “Permanent” COVID-19 Rule Has Just Issued”
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Category: UncategorizedTags: Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Advisory Committee, Cal/OSHA Standards Board, California Department of Public Health, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, CDPH, COVID-19, DOSH, Emergency Temporary Standard, ETS, Proposed Permanent COVID-19 Rule, Sec. 3205(b)(1)
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, 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
Posted on February 3, 2022
by Andrew J. Sommer
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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, Western Growers Association
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, Quarantine
Posted on December 31, 2021
by Andrew J. Sommer
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CDC recently updated and shortened its recommended isolation and quarantine periods for the general population. To be precise, CDC issued a media statement laying out its new guidance, but CDC’s actual Isolation Guidance webpage has not yet been updated. CDC explained in a statement that “[b]oth… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA Aligns with CDC’s Updated Guidance for Isolation and Quarantine Time”
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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