EPA has postponed the upcoming meeting of science advisors scheduled to peer review its draft evaluation of asbestos because some of the advisors are no longer available, a change in course just weeks after officials denied requests from environmentalists and its advisors to delay the meeting because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 18, 2026
Attorneys representing employers are warning California businesses to pay special attention to complying with Cal/OSHA rules implicated in the COVID-19 emergency, including those covering injury and illness reporting, “aerosol transmissible disease,” and general reporting, pointing out that the state’s rules often go beyond federal requirements.
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Attorneys representing employers are warning California businesses to pay special attention to complying with Cal/OSHA rules implicated in the COVID-19 emergency, including those covering injury and illness reporting, “aerosol transmissible disease,” and general reporting, pointing out that the state’s rules often go beyond federal requirements.
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Attorneys representing employers are warning California businesses to pay special attention to complying with Cal/OSHA rules implicated in the COVID-19 emergency, including those covering injury and illness reporting, “aerosol transmissible disease,” and general reporting, pointing out that the state’s rules often go beyond federal requirements.
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OSHA is promising to exercise “discretion in enforcement” if employers are unable to comply with various testing, training, inspection and other safety mandates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, writing in a new memo that there will be no penalties for those violations as long as businesses make “good faith” attempts to comply.
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OSHA is promising to exercise “discretion in enforcement” if employers are unable to comply with various testing, training, inspection and other safety mandates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, writing in a new memo that there will be no penalties for those violations as long as businesses make “good faith” attempts to comply.
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OSHA is promising to exercise “discretion in enforcement” if employers are unable to comply with various testing, training, inspection and other safety mandates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, writing in a new memo that there will be no penalties for those violations as long as businesses make “good faith” attempts to comply.
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A federal judge has ordered a first-time citizen suit under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to proceed in a virtual bench trial later this year due to the coronavirus pandemic despite objections from the plaintiffs who had won the right to a de novo proceeding where they will be able to present new evidence to the court.
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OSHA, former Vice President Joe Biden and worker advocates are floating separate efforts to protect delivery workers from the threat of coronavirus, including new “tips” from OSHA to protect such workers and Biden calling for new agency policies to better protect delivery workers in addition to health care employees.
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OSHA, former Vice President Joe Biden and worker advocates are floating separate efforts to protect delivery workers from the threat of coronavirus, including new “tips” from OSHA to protect such workers and Biden calling for new agency policies to better protect delivery workers in addition to health care employees.
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