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In what is likely the final predicate for issuing a COVID-19
emergency temporary standard (ETS), on March 12, 2021, the U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new
National Emphasis Program (NEP)
"targeting specific high-hazard industries or activities"
in which there is a "hazard of contracting SARS-CoV-2 (severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), the cause of
COVID-19." The NEP also "includes an added focus to
ensure that workers are protected from retaliation." The NEP
is effective immediately and will remain in force no longer than a