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 readoption includes substantive changes to definitions as highlighted below and a few clarifications from the ETS last readopted on June 17, 2021. You can access the readoption
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Background
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