Tag: Covid-19

The Scheduled Expiration of the COVID-19 OSHA Healthcare Standard. What is Next?

On December 21, 2021, the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard that requires healthcare employers to institute certain safety controls to guard against COVID-19 will expire. Employers will be asking what now? Does the expiration of the ETS relieve healthcare employers from the requirements associated with the ETS, such as COVID-19 screening, payment for those who are …

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OSHA COVID-19 Enforcement Updates

OSHA has been flooded recently with a surge of employee whistleblower complaints regarding COVID-19 as cases surge across the country. This is just one indicator of how the agency will be responding to employee concerns about the rising tide of COVID-19 cases and how they impact workplace safety. We will examine enforcement trends based on …

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2021 OSHA Rule Changes and COVID-19

OSHA has explained that it had prioritized conducting on-site workplace inspections to healthcare facilities and to COVID-19-related fatalities and imminent danger exposure cases in these settings.  OSHA’s enforcement of COVID-19 compliance to date has been heavily focused in various health care settings.  With the new administration, we know there will be even more enforcement.  This …

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