State and national labor groups are asking a federal appeals court for an order that would force OSHA to reinstate its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for healthcare workers and quickly enact a permanent rule for the sector, teeing up what could be the first appellate decision on the agency’s ability to extend the six-month emergency regulations.

State and national labor groups are asking a federal appeals court for an order that would force OSHA to reinstate its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for healthcare workers and quickly enact a permanent rule for the sector, teeing up what could be the first appellate decision on the agency’s ability to extend the six-month emergency regulations.

State and national labor groups are asking a federal appeals court for an order that would force OSHA to reinstate its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for healthcare workers and quickly enact a permanent rule for the sector, teeing up what could be the first appellate decision on the agency’s ability to extend the six-month emergency regulations.

State and national labor groups are asking a federal appeals court for an order that would force OSHA to reinstate its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for healthcare workers and quickly enact a permanent rule for the sector, teeing up what could be the first appellate decision on the agency’s ability to extend the six-month emergency regulations.

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral argument in challenges to OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard (ETS) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate for health workers, legal experts say its decision could set new precedent curbing OSHA and other agencies’ regulatory authority.

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral argument in challenges to OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard (ETS) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate for health workers, legal experts say its decision could set new precedent curbing OSHA and other agencies’ regulatory authority.

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral argument in challenges to OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard (ETS) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate for health workers, legal experts say its decision could set new precedent curbing OSHA and other agencies’ regulatory authority.

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is beginning an audit of OSHA’s response to a rise in “severe” worker injuries at retailers’ warehouse facilities that the watchdog says is a “consequence” of the COVID-19 pandemic, following months of claims by labor groups that the facilities have failed to provide accident protections.

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is beginning an audit of OSHA’s response to a rise in “severe” worker injuries at retailers’ warehouse facilities that the watchdog says is a “consequence” of the COVID-19 pandemic, following months of claims by labor groups that the facilities have failed to provide accident protections.

OSHA has released a new regulatory interpretation letter that says employers may allow workers who maintain facial hair because of a disability or closely-held religious belief to use loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs) as alternatives to fitted N95 masks to protect against COVID-19 exposure.