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April 22, 2022

Cal/OSHA Approves Third Revised ETS and Clarifies Position on Some Lingering Questions

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board met on April 21, 2022, and formally approved the third readoption of its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard by a 6-1 vote.

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April 22, 2022

British Columbia, Canada: Arbitrator Upholds Electricity Provider’s Vaccination Policy But Severs Discipline Aspect as Unreasonable

An arbitrator recently decided that the mandatory vaccination policy of BC Hydro was reasonably necessary to justify the significant intrusion on its employees’ bodily integrity and medical privacy - but the policy's discipline aspect was unreasonable.

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April 19, 2022

Ontario, Canada: Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 Receives Royal Assent

On April 11, 2022, Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 received Royal Assent and became law.

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April 7, 2022

Cal/OSHA Publishes a Draft Readoption ETS that Eliminates Vaccination Status Distinctions and Relaxes Testing Methods, Yet Muddies Quarantine Standards

On April 6, 2022, Cal/OSHA issued a draft COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for readoption to replace the current version, which expires on May 5, 2022.

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April 4, 2022

OSHA Issues Proposed Rule on Improved Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

On March 28, 2022, OSHA announced a new proposal to amend its OSHA 300 logs recordkeeping regulation.

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March 23, 2022

Utah Amends Vaccination and Testing Requirements to Include Exemption for Previous COVID-19 Infection

On March 22, 2022, Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox signed HB 63 into law, amending legislation passed in the Utah Legislature’s second special session of 2021 related to vaccine mandates in the workplace.

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March 22, 2022

Virginia Rescinds its COVID-19 Standard

Nearly two years after enacting the first-in-the-nation permanent COVID-19 workplace safety and health standard, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board has voted to rescind its COVID-19 standard.

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March 17, 2022

OSHA Announces Highly Focused Healthcare Facility Inspection Plan

OSHA recently announced it will proceed with a highly focused, short-term initiative directed at various healthcare facilities that provide care to or handle COVID-19 patients.

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March 14, 2022

Mandatory Employee Vaccines – Coming to A State Near You?

This post provides basic information on employee vaccination mandates issued at the federal and statewide levels. State laws curtailing private employer vaccination programs are also noted.

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March 3, 2022

California Employers Can Make Reasoned Choices as State Reduces Formal Workplace Masking Requirements

Effective March 1, 2022, there is no longer a hard requirement under the Cal/OSHA statewide Emergency Temporary Standard or any other statewide requirement for employers to require unvaccinated or fully vaccinated persons to mask indoors at work.

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