News & Analysis as of

Public Health Reporting Requirements Coronavirus/COVID-19

Jackson Lewis P.C.

End of an Era: Cal/OSHA’s COVID Non-Emergency Standard Sunsets

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

As of February 3, 2025, most of Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Standards have officially come to an end. This marks a significant shift for California employers who have been navigating these regulations and...more

Littler

First in, Last out: California’s First-in-Nation COVID-19 Regulation Finally Rides Off into the Sunset (Mostly…)

Littler on

Nearly all of the substantive provisions of Cal/OSHA’s non-emergency COVID-19 regulation expired on Monday, February 3, 2025. The event marked a significant end point to the regulatory journey that began on November 19, 2020,...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

COVID-19 Prevention Regulations Expired Effective Monday, With the Exception of Recordkeeping Requirement

CDF Labor Law LLP on

As of February 3, 2025, most of the Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations have formally come to an end, giving employers flexibility in how they approach COVID-19 in the workplace. However, subsection...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

 That’s It, Folks! Cal/OSHA’s COVID Rule Has (Mostly) Expired

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

As of February 3, 2025, California’s COVID-19-specific workplace regulations will expire, though employers must still track COVID-19 cases until February 3, 2026. Cal/OSHA can enforce COVID-19 as a workplace hazard under the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibilities Extending and Enduring

In the wake of an end of year filled with intense negotiations and political wrangling, Congress has successfully enacted the American Relief Act, 2025 ("the Budget Bill" or "legislation"), narrowly averting a government...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Massachusetts Public Health Council Approves Hospital Occupancy Reporting Requirements

Husch Blackwell LLP on

On Friday, May 3, 2024, Massachusetts’s Public Health Council (PHC) approved emergency amendments to 105 CMR 130.000 requiring hospitals to report occupancy data to the Department of Public Health. This requirement extends...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Non-Emergency COVID-19 Standard Passed by Cal/OSHA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

On December 15, 2022, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board held its final meeting of 2022 and adopted the COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations. The COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS)will continue to remain in...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Washington's COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Expires October 31, 2022

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Washington State’s COVID-19 emergency declaration expires October 31, 2022 but the Health Emergency Labor Standards Act (HELSA) administered by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I), and codified at WAC...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

AB 654: Clarification of employers' notification, reporting requirements after COVID-19 exposure in the workplace

Greenberg Glusker LLP on

Assembly Bill 654, which became effective October 5, 2021, makes notable revisions to an employer's COVID-19 exposure notification and reporting requirements. Last year's AB 685, which was effective January 1, 2021, provided...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

(Updated) Shorter COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Periods Will Impact Workplaces

UPDATE: Following its original announcement, the CDC further updated its guidance to apply the 5 day quarantine rule to those who are asymptomatic but now also to those whose symptoms are resolving (without fever for 24...more

Fisher Phillips

7 Steps Your Business Must Take to Comply with San Francisco’s New High-Risk Environment Vaccine Mandate

Fisher Phillips on

San Francisco Mayor London Breed just announced enhancements to the city’s Department of Public Health Order setting forth new vaccination requirements for high-contact indoor business such as gyms, restaurants, bars, and...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Employment Law Alert: The New Health Emergency Labor Standards Act

On May 11, 2021, Governor Inslee signed into law the Health Emergency Labor Standards Act. The Act revises the state’s workers’ compensation and industrial health and safety statutes to provide new protections for high risk...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Santa Clara County Orders Businesses To Track Employees’ COVID-19 Vaccination Status

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

Santa Clara County wasted no time in altering its public health regulations in response to the county’s graduation to the ‘yellow tier’ of California’s Blueprint For a Safer Economy on May 18, 2021. Within hours, the County...more

Carlton Fields

California’s COVID-19 Exposure Notification Law May Spread to Other States

Carlton Fields on

Since January 1, California businesses have been subject to ramped-up COVID-19 notification and reporting requirements under amendments to California’s Occupational Safety and Health Act, which are designed principally to...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law...

Hinshaw's 12 Days of California Labor & Employment Series – Day 12: COVID-19 Notification Requirements

In the spirit of the season—and keeping some semblance of normal—we are using our annual "12 days of the holidays" blog series to address new California laws and their impact on California employers. On this twelfth day of...more

Allen Matkins

2021 Labor & Employment Law Update for California Employers

Allen Matkins on

2020 has been an unprecedented year in many ways, but one thing that remains constant is the legislature's enactment of new laws that impact employers. Ranging from Covid-19 legislation to revisions to worker classification...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Guidance Provided From The California Department Of Public Health On AB-685

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

On September 17, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 685 (“AB 685”) into law, and in doing so amended provisions of California’s Health and Safety and Labor Codes. AB 685 explicitly amended Labor Code section...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

CDC’s Expansion Of “Close Contact” Definition Spells Trouble For Employers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, the CDC issued new guidance expanding the definition of a “close contact” from someone who has been within 6 feet of a COVID-19 positive person for 15 minutes or more to: “Someone who was...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

DHS Announces Relaxing Travel Restrictions To U.S.

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is making it a little easier for some foreign nationals to fly to the United States by lifting certain restrictions in place following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New California Law (AB 685) Requires Employers to Provide Notice of COVID-19 Exposure in the Workplace, Empowers Cal/OSHA to Shut...

On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 685 into law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2021. The law does two things: (1) it creates an enforceable statewide standard for how employers handle...more

Fisher Phillips

California Enacts New COVID-19 Employer Reporting Requirement

Fisher Phillips on

Governor Newsom just signed into law a bill that will require public and private California employers to provide detailed notices to employees when there is a COVID-19 exposure in the workplace, and to provide notice to local...more

McAfee & Taft

New CMS regulations bolster enforcement of COVID-19 reporting by hospitals, long-term care facilities and labs

McAfee & Taft on

On August 25, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued interim final regulations known as CMS-3401-IFC that become effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, scheduled for September...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Executive Order on Essential Medicines: A Timeline and Overview of Key Provisions

On August 6, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States.” The far-reaching EO seeks to ensure the domestic...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Los Angeles County Proposes that Employees Report COVID-19 Violations through Public Health Commissions

On July 21, 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion to enforce the monitoring of compliance with County health orders by encouraging workers to directly report health code violations through...more

Littler

Fess Up or Pay Up: Travelers to New York From Restricted States Must Submit Report or Face Fines

Littler on

Last month, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut issued a Joint Travel Advisory requiring all persons who enter the Tristate Area from states with significant COVID-19 transmission rates to quarantine for 14 days. Under New...more

42 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide