On November 5, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published its much-anticipated COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring, among other things, that most employees of companies with 100 or more employees submit to weekly COVID-19 testing and wear a face covering while at work indoors. We summarized the ETS in
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OSHA Issues Emergency Standards for COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination in the Workplace
By Eric Athey, Andrew L. Levy & Gregory Archibald on
Posted in Employer Liability, Workplace Compliance
On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) issued its much-anticipated COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) imposing requirements pertaining to vaccinations, testing and face coverings on private employers throughout the country.
Which businesses does the ETS apply to? The ETS applies to employers with 100 or more employees, including…
Task Force Issues Details for Federal Contractors on Vaccine and Safety Requirements
By Andrew L. Levy & Abbegael Giunta on
Posted in Workplace Compliance
On Friday, September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued new guidance on COVID-19 vaccination requirements and other workplace safety protocols for covered federal government contractors, as required under Executive Order 14042. Beginning on October 15, 2021, all agencies will be required to add a clause to all covered Federal procurement solicitations and…
New qualifying conditions, telemedicine visits and 90-day supplies . . . revisions to the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act.
By Denise Elliott on
Posted in Workplace Compliance, Workplace Trends
This week, Governor Wolf signed House Bill 1024, allowing certain revisions to the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act (the “Act”). While the revisions do not specifically implicate the workplace, and do not provide guidance to employers on navigating medical marijuana use by employees, employers should, nonetheless, pay attention.
What changed?
House Bill 1024 makes permanent three…
OSHA Issues Revised COVID-19 Guidance on Protecting Workers
By Andrew L. Levy & Steve Matzura on
Posted in Workplace Compliance, Workplace Trends
McNees attorney Errin McCaulley is a co-author of this post
On June 10, 2021, OSHA released a revised version of its Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (“Workplace Guidance”). This Guidance was issued simultaneously with the Emergency Temporary Standard, which is applicable only in the healthcare industry. …
COVID-19 in the Healthcare Workplace: OSHA Issues Emergency Temporary Standard
By Andrew L. Levy & Steve Matzura on
Posted in Employer Liability, Workplace Compliance
McNees attorney Errin McCaulley is a co-author of this post
On June 10, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released its long-awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) (the final prepublication version that is set to become effective upon publication in the Federal Register). Covered employers will be required to comply with most provisions…