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On January 13, the Virginia Department of
Labor and Industry's Safety and Health Codes Board voted to
enact a permanent workplace safety rule to protect employees from
COVID-19 exposure, making Virginia one of the first states in the
US to impose COVID-19-specific safety requirements on public and
private employers of all sizes. The permanent rule largely mirrors
the board's temporary emergency workplace safety standards,
which were passed in July, and in key respects mandates and even
exceeds the guidance issued by the US Centers for Disease