OSHA Releases Long Awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Health Care Workers & Updates General Industry Guidance

Summary - Fulfilling a promise made early in the Biden Administration, on June 10, 2021, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) related to COVID-19. However, the ETS applies only to health care and health care support service workers in settings where people with COVID-19 are reasonably expected to be present. Although this ETS applies only to specific health care settings, OSHA also has released an updated version of its COVID-19...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP

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