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OSHA Memo Permitting Discretion in Enforcement Based on Employer’s Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

May 4, 2020 COVID-19 Employment Law General Duty Clause OSHA Guidelines

On April 16, 2020, OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement provided OSHA area offices with unusual discretion in citing employers who failed to comply with OSHA’s various standards due to complications created by COVID-19 but who exercised “good-faith” in attempting to achieve compliance.  What must an employer do to demonstrate “good-faith” where […]

Summary: Executive Order on Delegating Authority Under the DPA with Respect to Food Supply Chain Resources During the National Emergency Caused by the Outbreak of COVID-19

April 29, 2020 COVID-19 Employment Law General Duty Clause OSHA Guidelines

An executive order (“Order”) was signed by President Trump on April 28, 2020 addressing concerns by employers in the meat and poultry industry regarding potential liability to workers who contract the COVID-19 while at work.  The Order does not compel plants to stay open, but it does exempt meat and poultry processing […]