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Last summer, we reported on Virginia’s adoption of an “Emergency Temporary Standard for Infection Disease Prevention: SARS-CoV-2 Virus That Causes COVID-19” (the “Temporary Standard”), which made Virginia the first state to implement workplace safety and health standards for COVID-19. The Temporary Standard expired on January 26, 2021.
On January 27, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam approved the Final Permanent Standard (the “Permanent Standard”) previously adopted by the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board (the “Board”), which provides continued protection for Virginia employees for the duration of the pandemic and supersedes the previous regulations. In addition to extending many of the employer obligations set forth in the Temporary Standard, the Permanent Standard creates new requirements and dispenses with some previous guidance. ....

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