On June 17, 2022, Governor Newsom issued an executive order terminating certain provisions of prior executive orders related to Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). Some of the terminated orders were no longer necessary due to changes in the ETS. For example, previously the Governor had issued an executive order stating exclusion periods could not
Cal/OSHA Releases Updated FAQs & Fact Sheets for Third Readoption of ETS
By Sean Paisan & Sierra Vierra on
Posted in California
At the end of April, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted to approve the Third Readoption of the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The revised version of the ETS took effect on May 6, 2022.
As promised when passed, Cal/OSHA has released updated guidance to assist with this version of the ETS that
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Cal/OSHA Approves the Third Readoption of Cal/OSHA ETS
By Sean Paisan & Melodie K. Arian on
Posted in California, Workplace Safety and Health
On April 21, 2022, Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board voted to approve the Third Readoption of the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS).
The third adoption makes some changes to the ETS previously in effect. Some of the more significant changes include:
- Elimination of the requirement that face coverings pass the “light test” (does not let light
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Cal/OSHA to Vote on Third Readoption of ETS
By Sean Paisan & Melodie K. Arian on
Posted in California, Healthcare
Though California has mostly lifted COVID-19 requirements statewide, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board is not planning to let the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) expire. Per Governor Newsom’s executive order, the expiration of the second readoption of the ETS was extended to May 6, 2022, but the Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board has posted a notice that it…
D.C. Court of Appeals Panel to Hear Argument for Reinstating Healthcare ETS
By Catherine A. Cano on
Posted in Washington, D.C., Workplace Safety and Health
On April 4, 2022, a merits panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on a petition seeking to force OSHA to issue a permanent standard for healthcare occupational exposure to COVID-19 and to reinstate the Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard on Occupational Exposure (Healthcare ETS) to COVID-19 pending the permanent standard.…
California COVID-19 Updates for Employers
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in California
See below for the latest updates from the state of California.
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.
OSHA COVID-19 ETS Updates
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in Workplace Safety and Health
The status of the OSHA ETS is evolving daily. See below for the most recent updates.
SCOTUS Questioning Suggests OSHA ETS is Squeezing an Elephant into a Mousehole
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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.