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California employers cannot be held liable for the spread of COVID-19 cases by employees who contracted the disease on the job and spread it in their household, the California Supreme Court held on July 6. In its unanimous decision, the court said that saddling employers with the duty of care beyond the workplace would impose
A portal enabling small employers and non-profits that paid out California COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (SPSL) in 2022 to apply for grants of up to $50,000, opened on June 1. These grants can reimburse small businesses that paid SPSL to their employees, either because a worker was ordered to stay home by a doctor
One of the lingering threats to employers that grew out of the pandemic has been COVID-19 “take-home” lawsuits over cases when workers who contracted the disease at work spread it to members of their households. But at a hearing in a landmark case, judges on California’s Supreme Court during oral arguments said they were concerned
Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations were finally approved by the state Office of Administrative Law on Feb. 3, putting the new standard into immediate effect. The new regulations will remain in place through Feb. 3, 2025, with recordkeeping requirements in effect through Feb. 3, 2026. Now that the pandemic has slowed to a manageable level,
With COVID-19 cases spreading fast throughout the country in what experts say is the biggest surge since the pandemic started, employers who regularly test their workers may have to change their policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in July 2022 issued new guidance for when employers can test their workers in order to comply with
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board is set to vote on a permanent COVID-19 workplace safety standard on Sept. 15, that would take effect at the start of 2023 and last through 2024. The permanent standard will replace the temporary emergency standard that took effect in 2020 after the pandemic started and is set to expire on
With COVID-19 cases spreading fast throughout the country in what experts say is the biggest surge since the pandemic started, employers who regularly test their workers may have to change their policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in July 2022 issued new guidance for when employers can test their workers in order to comply with
More than two dozen “take-home” COVID-19 lawsuits have been filed around the country against employers that are being accused of not doing enough to protect workers who then contract the coronavirus and bring it home and infect others in their household. The most prominent action has been happening in California and a handful of other
Cal/OSHA has once again extended its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards, which cover employers’ obligations to protect their workers against the coronavirus. This is the third time the ETS has been extended and this one is slated to expire at the end of 2022. It’s being introduced as Cal/OSHA finalizes work on its permanent infectious disease
Cal/OSHA has issued new language that amends its current COVID-19 emergency temporary standard and pushes back the expiration date of the ETS until the end of the year. The extension of the ETS comes as Cal/OSHA pushes ahead on creating a permanent airborne infectious disease prevention standard for general industry, which is expected to be
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