Reference: DOL Issues Long-Awaited COVID-19 Safety Rule – Law360
A hot bulletin from Law360 issued this afternoon:
BREAKING: DOL Issues Long-Awaited COVID-19 Safety Rule
The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration [OSHA] on Thursday issued a highly-anticipated emergency rule that sets workplace safety parameters for employers in the health care sector for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. . . .
President Joe Biden, in one of his first executive orders upon taking office in January, ordered the Labor Department to consider issuing an emergency temporary standard for businesses to follow during the pandemic and, if the department deemed it necessary, to issue an ETS by March 15. But numerous delays ensued, with the DOL ultimately submitting the proposed ETS to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for final approval in late April.
We’re sure all of our health care friends are glad that now this pandemic is on the ropes, there is finally an emergency rule from OSHA in place to provide guidance for workplace safety. There’s nothing like timely government action for an emergency.