A COVID-19 vaccination mandate for workers with the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will end on Aug. 4, 2023. CMS stated May 11 that the COVID-19 vaccination requirement would “soon end” but gave no further details at the time. On June 5, CMS published a final rule “providing guidance to healthcare employees […]
A federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate will “soon end” since the U.S. government ended the public health emergency on May 11, 2023. COVID-19 vaccination requirements for workers with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will soon be eliminated, although no date or details have been provided. Additional guidance from CMS is coming soon, according […]
The public health emergency that was declared by federal health agencies is scheduled to end May 11, and President Biden has signed legislation ending the COVID-19 national emergency. But what does that mean for employers? Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, employers and safety professionals have had to struggle with workplace mandates and guidance that […]
Oregon OSHA rescinded its COVID-19 Workplace Requirements for All Workplaces effective April 3, 2023. This is “in alignment with updated public health guidance from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA),” according to the state safety agency. This also applies to the Requirements for Employer-Provided Labor Housing. Official rulemaking on these changes will be published “in the […]
California’s COVID-19 workplace isolation guidelines have changed to come into alignment with current U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) made the change March 13, 2023, adjusting the guidelines based on severity of an individual’s COVID-19 symptoms, according to law firm Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & […]
A Texas dental practice has to pay more than $15,000 in back pay to two whistleblowers who raised concerns about COVID-19 safety measures early in 2020. An OSHA whistleblower investigation found that Roger and David Bohannan of Roger H. Bohannan DDS Inc. terminated the two employees because they asked questions about the protections the practice […]
Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations that require California employers to protect workers from COVID-19 hazards are in effect as of Feb. 3, 2023. The new regulations are in effect through Feb. 3, 2025, with recordkeeping requirements in effect through Feb. 3, 2026. California employers should note that: COVID-19 workplace measures may be addressed within their […]
New research reveals that workers in protective services occupations had the highest rate of death from COVID-19 during the pandemic, with 60 deaths per 100,000 workers. For industry, the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths occurred in accommodation and food services with 55 deaths per 100,000 workers, according to the study, which was conducted by the […]
While OSHA submitted its proposed permanent COVID-19 healthcare standard to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final review in early December, nothing has been heard about it since. Review timelines at the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) vary, and law firm Seyfarth Shaw said the […]
