By Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. Conflicted California workplace regulators approved controversial rules Thursday night that allow workers to go maskle
A new California mandate will require all workers to wear a mask unless every other employee in the room is fully vaccinated. The mandate is due to go into effect the same day the state lifts mask
Employees required to wear masks at work past June 15, unless everyone is vaccinated: Cal/OSHA board
UPDATE: 7:30 PM:
The states occupational safety board, Cal/OSHA, voted Thursday to keep masks mandatory for employees at work past June 15, unless everyone in the room is fully vaccinated.
But the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board made clear Thursday night that the regulations are only a stopgap while they consider further easing pandemic rules in coming weeks or months.
The board initially voted 4-to-3 to reject any changes to current rules.
But chairman David Thomas said that would have left employers with the current rules, which require masks for all employees, along with social distancing and partitions between employees in certain circumstances.
California workplace rules: Masks required, unless everyone is vaccinated
By Don Thompson
Workplace rules: Masks required, unless everyone is vaccinated
California employees will soon be able to skip masks in the workplace, but only if every employee in the room is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California employees will soon be able to skip masks in the workplace, but only if every employee in the room is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The revised rules adopted Thursday night by a sharply divided California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board are expected to kick in June 15, the same day the state more broadly loosens masking and other requirements in social settings in keeping with recent federal recommendations.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Workers in California will have to keep their masks on unless every employee in the room is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.