Virginia has repealed its first-in-the-nation standard on COVID-19 in the workplace.
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OSHA Launches COVID-19 Inspection Initiative for Healthcare Employers
With its new inspection initiative, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is taking steps to ensure certain healthcare employers continue to protect workers against COVID-19, even as falling case numbers across the country have prompted many state and local agencies to withdraw mask mandates and other COVID-19 precautions.
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OSHA Withdraws Vaccine-Or-Test Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19
OSHA has withdrawn its enforcement of the ETS requiring most employers to mandate COVID-19 vaccines or tests for employees. Read more.
U.S. Supreme Court Puts OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine-Or-Test ETS Back on Ice
the U.S. Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay of the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard. Read more.
Sixth Circuit Dissolves Stay of OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine ETS
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has lifted the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the OSHA ETS on COVID-19 vaccination and testing for employers with at least 100 employees. Read more.
Will Some State Plans Defy OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination, Testing Emergency Temporary Standard?
If President Biden’s OSHA ETS goes forward, nearly half the states have the option of going their own way. Read more.
Practical Strategies for Manufacturers Managing COVID-19 Testing, Vaccine Mandates
Manufacturing employers continue to feel the brunt of emerging and evolving trends related to the COVID-19 pandemic: workplace safety, labor shortages, absence management, remote technology, and employee retention — just to name a few. Read more.
OSHA Updates Non-Healthcare Employer Guidance on COVID-19
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its COVID-19 guidance for non-healthcare employers, Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace, on August 13, 2021. Read more.
OSHA’s Updated Guidance for COVID-19 in Workplaces
When the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rolled out its COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard on June 10, 2021, it also issued its updated Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in non-healthcare workplaces.
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OSHA Promulgates Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 for Healthcare Employers
Fifteen months after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has promulgated an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for healthcare employers. OSHA has published voluntary guidance for other industries.
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