01.26.22
Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced they had reached an agreement to restore California’s requirement that businesses provide supplemental paid sick leave for employees impacted by COVID-19.
On January 25, 2022, OSHA announced its decision to withdraw the vaccination, testing and face covering emergency temporary standard issued on November 5 and effective January 26.
01.13.22
Today the Supreme Court issued a stay of OSHA’s vaccinate-or-test emergency temporary standard, blocking the ETS from taking effect.
12.20.21
Late on Friday, December 17, 2021, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ended the Fifth Circuit’s stay of OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccination and testing Emergency Temporary Standard, which applies to employers with 100+ employees
11.08.21
On November 4, 2021, OSHA issued its hotly anticipated emergency temporary standard requiring employers with 100 or more employees to implement vaccination and testing programs.
09.10.21
On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a new COVID-19 plan, aimed to control the spread of the Delta variant and increase vaccination rates nationwide.
06.17.21
As California announced its official statewide reopening on June 15, 2021, employers remained in the dark awaiting an official announcement from Cal/OSHA on new face-covering guidance.
03.30.20
On March 27, 2020 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law, after it passed the House of Representatives.