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At its June 9, 2021 Special Board Meeting, the California Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Standards Board withdrew its June 3^rd revisions to Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The effect of the Board’s action is the initial ETS adopted in November of 2020, will remain in-place until revised or rescinded. 

SB 95, signed into law on March 19, 2021, expands the COVID-19 related supplemental paid sick leave (SPSL) law. PRISM Risk Control discussed SB 95 with Patti Eyres, Managing Partner of Eyres Law Group, to get a better understanding of the important facts of the bill. 

Read this break down of changes and updates about Workers' Comp and COVID-19.

Cal/OSHA has created a resource that helps to outline which tests or examinations may be able to be postponed.

In an effort to maintain compliance, PRISM members subject to the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standard are encouraged to keep abreast of the regulatory landscape surrounding the COVID-19 Prevention standard.

California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a new guidance document aligned with current CDC guidelines.

California’s Office of Administrative Law approved the Cal-OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards for COVID-19 Prevention.

As schools contemplate reopening, districts are encouraged to procure disinfectants that kill the coronavirus using the least hazardous active ingredient.