Tag: testing
Factors to Consider When Deciding Whether to Pay for Try-Out Time
If we ask a job applicant to demonstrate their job skills during an interview, do we have to pay them for their time? During the…
Updated Cal/OSHA, EEOC COVID-19 Guidance
While COVID-19 guidance, orders and regulatory changes haven’t been as frequent as they were in the past two years, employers should review a couple of…
Take Three: Cal/OSHA Revises COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) for Third Time
On April 21, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) approved a third readoption of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health…
And Just Like That! Fed OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards Are Back On.
On the evening of Friday, December 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the stay previously in effect for the federal…
Cal/OSHA ETS Readoption to Change Testing, Vaccination and Exclusion Provisions
This Thursday, Cal/OSHA will vote on the second readoption of the COVID-19 Workplace Emergency Temporary Standard (the “COVID-19 ETS”) which will govern COVID-19 safety protocols…
Federal Vaccination Emergency Temporary Standard Released
Editor’s note: Most of the information in this blog is valid, however, the most current information is available in a subsequent blog, titled, “And Just…
Who Pays Cost of Employee COVID Testing or Vaccination?
If I require an employee to go get a COVID test, or to be vaccinated, who pays the costs of testing or vaccination? Do I…
Survey: One-Third of Americans Lie on Their Resumes
As 65 percent of U.S. workers seek new employment, according to the latest PwC US Pulse Survey, employers should be mindful of resumes coming in….
Steps to Take for Safely Returning Employees to the Workplace
What COVID-19 safety measures do employers need to have in place before employees return to the workplace from remote work? Employers who are bringing their…
Cal/OSHA Revises Guidance on COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards
Last year, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) approved emergency COVID-19 temporary standards, which became effective and enforceable on November 30, 2020. Under…
