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By Rachel Conn, Samuel Rose, and Megan Shaked During last week’s California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board meeting, the spotlight was on silica. But an equally clear message was front and center throughout the meeting – Cal/OSHA has a packed rulemaking agenda. Here’s… Continue Reading “Latest Cal/OSHA Updates: Prepare for a Packed Fall”
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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 June 21, 2022
by Megan Shaked
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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 April 8, 2022
by Theresa Green
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By Andrew J. Sommer and Fred Walter The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has just released a proposed draft for the third re-adoption COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The Board will vote on the proposed rule at its next meeting on April… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA Issues Revised COVID-19 Emergency Rule – Third Re-Adoption”
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Category: OSHA RulemakingTags: Cal-OSHA, Cal/OSHA, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, CDPH, COVID-19, COVID-19 Test, ETS, Executive Order N-84-20, Federal OSHA ETS, fully vaccinated, OSHA, OSHA Enforcement
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 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 November 1, 2021
by Theresa Green
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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”
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Category: OSHA RulemakingTags: Conn Maciel Carey, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Action Plan, COVID-19 Vaccine, Department of Labor, DOL, Emergency Temporary Standard, ETS, General Duty Clause, OSHA, OSHA Enforcement, OSHA's COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS, Vaccinations
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
By Mark Trapp, Andrew Sommer, and Beeta Lashkari On November 30, 2020, Cal/OSHA issued its final COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), with all of its provisions effective immediately. One of those provisions — the exclusion pay and benefits continuation requirements — has been at… Continue Reading “What Employers Need to know about the Pay and Benefits Continuation Elements of Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 emergency Rule”
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Category: Employment Issues, Labor and Union Issues, OSHA Rulemaking, UncategorizedTags: Beeta Lashkari, Cal/OSHA, Cal/OSHA ETS, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Conn Maciel Carey, COVID ETS, COVID-19, DOSH, Emergency COVID-19 Rulemaking, Emergency Temporary Standard, ETS, Mark Trapp, Pay and Benefits, Pay and Benefits Continuation
Posted on January 7, 2021
by Theresa Green
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As the Trump Administration hands over the keys to President-Elect Biden and a new Democratic Administration, OSHA’s enforcement and regulatory landscape is set to change in dramatic ways, from shifting enforcement priorities, budgets and policies, to efforts to reignite OSHA’s rulemaking apparatus. Following an… Continue Reading “Conn Maciel Carey’s 2021 OSHA Webinar Series”
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