Archive for emergency temporary standards

Are You Thinking About Reopening Your Workplace? Think First About Your Safety Obligations to Your Employees.

Many employers are eager to return to the office and “get things back to normal.”  If you are an employer who is considering requiring or allowing employees to return to an in-person workplace (or if you have already done so), the first thing to understand is that there…

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Cal/OSHA and COVID

June has been a turbulent month for Cal/OSHA – and for California employers doing their best to protect the health and safety of their employees as California begins to open up. Back and Forth After implementing detailed and complicated amended Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) on June 3, the…

Cal-OSHA Provides Additional Guidance for Employers Regarding COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

On November 30, 2020, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) adopted a set of COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”), which became effective immediately.  The ETS require employers to take various actions to protect their workplaces from COVID-19.  You can read our previous blog post about the…