Tag: coronavirus
COVID-19 Prevention Program Emergency Regulation Adopted
On November 19, 2020, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) voted to adopt a comprehensive and complex COVID-19 emergency regulation addressing a…
Cal/OSHA Releases Draft COVID-19 Emergency Regulation
Yesterday, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) released the draft text for the much-anticipated COVID-19 emergency regulation on which the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB)…
Remote Hiring Ramps Up During COVID-19 Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its eighth month, face coverings and social distancing are still required in public places, indoor dining is still prohibited in…
New CDPH Guidance Clarifies, Contains Ambiguities for Reporting COVID-19 Outbreaks
Last Friday, October 16, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) slipped out two new guidance documents which employers of all sizes across the state…
Calculating Federal COVID-19 Paid Leave for Illness, Distance Learning
How much time is an employee entitled to use under federal COVID-19 law if he needs to stay home to supervise distance learning for his…
COVID-19: New Exposure Notice Reqs
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and CalChamber policy advocate Robert Moutrie discuss California’s new…
Register Now! 2020 HR Symposium Covers COVID-19 Issues, Diversity in the Workplace
The CalChamber’s annual HR Symposium returns in 2020 as a virtual event — live and on demand. The virtual program features two half days of…
How Leave Laws Interact When a Couple Works for Same Employer
How do the federal COVID-19 leave laws adopted this year interact with related state laws, including pregnancy leave, the family rights act and baby bonding…
New COVID-19 County Health Equity Requirement Begins Tomorrow
In an effort to reduce COVID-19 transmission across all of California’s communities, starting tomorrow, October 6, 2020, the more populous counties will need to meet…
Sacramento County’s New COVID-19-Related Ordinance
On September 1, 2020, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance called the “Sacramento County Worker Protection, Health, and Safety Act of 2020,”…
