Los Angeles City joined the County’s easing of wearing masks indoors today, February 25, 2022.  Mayor Garcetti made the announcement that brought the City into alignment with the County in a tweet today:

Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”) apply to most workplaces in California, with very few exceptions.  Enacted in November of 2020, the ETS sets requirements for California employers related to COVID-19 protocols for exposures at the workplace and measures to take if employees are exposed to or catch COVID-19 at the workplace.  We have written about

On January 14, 2022, Cal/OSHA published fact sheets and updated its FAQs on COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS).  The fact sheets clarify the isolation and quarantine requirements for employers and employees (the image above is a portion of the fact sheet published by Cal/OSHA).  A major clarification from Cal/OSHA set forth that employees who

The Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration from enforcing its sweeping vaccine-or-test requirements for large private companies, but allowed a vaccine mandate to stand for medical facilities that take Medicare or Medicaid payments.  In this YouTube short, I briefly discuss how this will effect California employers.

Additional information about the Cal/OSHA ETS can be

[Update: On January 6, 2022, Cal/OSHA issued updated FAQs on new isolation and quarantine requirements for California employers.  The update can be read here.]

On December 30, 2021, California Public Health Department (CPDH) issued revised guidance on COVID-19 isolation and quarantine procedures.  The revised guidance adopts some of the revised CDC recommendations issued

Cal/OSHA readopted the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) on December 16, 2021.  While a large portion of the existing ETS remains in place, there were a few changes made in this newly adopted ETS.  The new ETS approved on December 16 will take effect on January 14, 2022.  This Friday’s Five provides a summary