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20 August 2021

Masuda Funai Employment Newsflash - OSHA Issues New Guidance On COVID-19

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Since its founding in 1929, Masuda Funai has focused its practice on successfully representing international and domestic companies entering, operating and expanding in the United States. With offices in Chicago, Schaumburg and Los Angeles, the firm assists clients in every aspect of business, including establishing, acquiring, financing and selling operations and facilities; transferring overseas employees to the U.S.
On Friday, August 13, 2021, OSHA issued its Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (“Guidance”).
United States

On Friday, August 13, 2021, OSHA issued its Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace ("Guidance"). In the Guidance, OSHA "suggests that employers consider adopting policies that require workers to get vaccinated or to undergo regular COVID-19 testing – in addition to mask wearing and physical distancing – if they remain unvaccinated." OSHA wants employers to encourage its employees to be vaccinated. In addition, OSHA wants companies to implement multiple layers of controls, such as removing from the workplace people who are infected or have symptoms and people who are not fully vaccinated who have had close contact with someone with COVID-19. OSHA lists "fundamental controls" as including ventilation systems, physical distancing, properly using face coverings and proper cleaning. Whether OSHA will issue monetary penalties for failure to comply with the Guidance because of a violation of OSHA's General Duty Clause remains to be seen.

PRESS RELEASE
20 August 2021

Masuda Funai Employment Newsflash - OSHA Issues New Guidance On COVID-19

United States

Contributor

Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. logo
Since its founding in 1929, Masuda Funai has focused its practice on successfully representing international and domestic companies entering, operating and expanding in the United States. With offices in Chicago, Schaumburg and Los Angeles, the firm assists clients in every aspect of business, including establishing, acquiring, financing and selling operations and facilities; transferring overseas employees to the U.S.

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