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Cal/OSHA Floats Easing COVID Mask, Distancing Mandates After Outcry


June 14, 2021 at 03:50 PM
California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) standards board has scrapped its contentious revision to the state’s COVID-19 standards that drew fire from employers and others for what critics said were overly strict masking and distancing requirements, and is proposing a more lenient update that it could adopt as soon as June 17.

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