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Despite Relaxed CDC COVID-19 Guidance, No Relaxing Of Rules (Yet) In California, Virginia | Jackson Lewis P C

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has offered new COVID-19 guidance indicating that fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear masks or maintain physical distance from others in most settings. However, questions about employers’ compliance obligations and general duty expectations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) remain. For example, the CDC guidance conflicts with guidance from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), published in January 2021, that prohibits employers from distinguishing between workers who are and are not vaccinated. The CDC guidance also conflicts with the COVID-19 standards and regulations in “State Plan” states like the ones in California and Virginia. Those states require strict social distancing and employee use of face coverings, regardless of employee vaccination status. They have yet to change in response to the C

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DIR and California Labor Commissioner s Office Launch Web-based COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Tool

Share this article Share this article OAKLAND, Calif., April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its California Labor Commissioner s Office has launched a web-based tool in English and Spanish that offers key information on the new 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law, Senate Bill No. 95, signed by Governor Newsom on March 19. The 2021 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law provides workers up to 80 hours of paid sick leave if they or a family member are unable to work or telework due to COVID-19, including for vaccine-related reasons, said Labor Commissioner Lilia García-Brower. We designed this tool so workers and their employers can get information on workers paid sick leave options.

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DIR and California Labor Commissioner s Office Launch Web-based COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Tool

DIR and California Labor Commissioner s Office Launch Web-based COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Tool
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DIR and California Labor Commissioner s Office Launch Web-based COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Tool

DIR and California Labor Commissioner s Office Launch Web-based COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Tool
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Owner of Amazon s Landscaping Company Charged with 2 Felonies for Death of Employee

03/10/21 WorkersCompensation.com Martinez, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Earlier this week, the Contra Costa County District Attorney s Office filed a felony complaint against Segundo Collazos, the owner of Amazon s Landscaping Company based out of Concord. The charges relate to the 2018 death of Manuel Peralta, then 68, of Antioch, California, who died while operating a rented tree stump grinder in San Ramon. At the time of the incident, defendant Segundo Collazos had a suspended license with the Contractors State License Board. The investigation began from the California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Occupational Safety & Health Bureau of Investigations. The first felony alleges that defendant Collazos permitted the victim Manuel Peralta to use a stump grinder in a manner contrary to manufacturer recommendations and to work in the danger zone of the cutting wheel, resulting in his death. The second felony alleges that Collazos failed to properly train Peral

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