“OSHA has been working diligently on its proposal and has taken the appropriate time to work with its science-agency partners, economic agencies, and others in the U.S. government to get this proposed emergency standard right,” a DOL spokesperson said in an email on Monday. ..
Democrats, unions and worker advocates have called for official OSHA COVID-19 standards since the onset of the pandemic. Former President Trump’s OSHA refused to impose a nationwide safety standard, arguing that OSHA guidance was sufficient.
OSHA can authorize an emergency standard if it determines workers are in grave danger. That standard can only be challenged in a U.S. court of appeals as opposed to OSHA guidance, which allows for flexibility and lets the administration officials change it as they see fit.
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