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Hot Topic: How States and Federal OSHA Are Responding to Extreme Heat

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By Beeta B. Lashkari and Andrea Chavez As record-breaking temperatures continue to impact communities and workplaces across the country, heat illness prevention remains a top priority for regulators at both the federal and...more

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Arizona’s New Heat Safety Executive Order: What to Know as Temperatures Rise

On May 22, 2025, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed Executive Order (EO) 2025-09 as part of the state’s broader initiative to enhance worker safety amid rising summer temperatures. ...more

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Cal/OSHA Readopts Its Emergency Temporary Standards on COVID-19

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The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (the “Board”) voted this week to readopt the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 prevention. The readopted ETS will be effective January 14, 2022. The...more

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Summary of Cal/OSHA’s Revised COVID-19 ETS Adopted - June 2021

On June 17, 2021, the California Occupational Safety & Health Standards (Cal/OSHA) Board voted to re-adopt its COVID-19 prevention emergency temporary standards (ETS) incorporating changes Cal/OSHA noticed on June 11, 2021...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: NY Travel Advisory Changes, CA’s COVID-19 Exposure Notice, Executive Order Reversals - Employment Law This...

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Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. We look at how workplace guidance is changing as COVID-19 surges and the executive orders most likely to be reversed by the new administration. New York Revises COVID-19 Travel Advisory New...more

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Rebuttable Presumption for COVID-19 Illnesses to Impact Employers Through 2022

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On September 17, 2020, Governor Newsom signed SB 1159 into law, expanding access to workers’ compensation and making it easier for first responders, health care workers, and other workers who test positive for COVID-19 due to...more

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Workers’ Compensation Liability Is Catching In California

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Senate Bill 1159 was signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 17, 2020, and went into effect immediately. Under the new law, if employees test positive for COVID-19 under specific circumstances,...more

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California SB 1159 Codifies COVID-19 Workers' Compensation Presumption

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On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 1159, (SB 1159) which modifies and extends the Governor’s Executive Order N-62-20 creating a disputable workers’ compensation presumption...more

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No Longer Taken at Face Value: Executive Order 7NNN and the New Requirement for Medical Documentation from Non-Mask Wearers (and...

Back on April 17, 2020, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 7BB generally requiring persons to wear “face-coverings” (e.g., masks) in public.  The Order created an exemption to the obligation to use a mask or cloth face...more

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COVID-19: "Where I Spent My Summer Vacation" – This Year’s Summer Reading for Employers

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COVID-19 is the pandemic that keeps on giving. As the Fourth of July marks the start of the summer vacation season, more and more employees are going to be taking time off. State quarantine orders - until now perhaps only of...more

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