February 02 2021
Oregon's Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the rules will be repealed once the pandemic subsides.
Face masks and social distancing are likely to remain a fixture of the shopping and working experience for some time, according to the state's employee safety department.
Oregon's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced plans to make its series of COVID-19 public health emergency regulations permanent — with some tweaks to the rulebook — at least until the pandemic fades away.
"We have not yet defeated this disease and we clearly will not have done so by the time the temporary rule expires," said Oregon OSHA administrator Michael Wood. "As a result, it is critically important that we carry forward measures that we know are effective at combating the spread of this disease and reducing risks in the workplace."