A federal appeals court struck down a nurses’ union’s petition to reinstall an emergency protection standard for front-line health workers at risk of contracting COVID-19. The U.S. Court of Appeals ...
On January 15, OSHA announced that it has terminated its COVID-19 healthcare rulemaking. On June 21, 2021, OSHA issued an Emergency Temporary Standard to protect workers from COVID-19 in healthcare ...
The American Hospital Association is calling on the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration not to finalize its emergency temporary COVID-19 standard for healthcare workers.
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Jan. 15 terminated its COVID-19 healthcare rulemaking to prioritize completing a broader infectious diseases rule for ...
A coalition of 115 House members is pressing the Biden administration to issue permanent protections for healthcare workers from contracting COVID-19. The House lawmakers wrote to the Occupational ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) this week proposed removing COVID-19 recordkeeping requirements for healthcare employers, including the last remaining provisions of its ...