The IRS recently issued guidance [1] explaining that OSHA communications regarding COVID-19 precautions alone do not allow employers to qualify for the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”).[2] Other than ...

A federal program that targets skilled nursing and other long-term care facilities for COVID-19 inspections and compliance is being extended past its Thursday deadline. The Occupational Safety and ...

A federal appeals court struck down a nurses’ union’s petition to reinstall an emergency protection standard for front-line health workers at risk of contracting COVID-19. The U.S. Court of Appeals ...

OSHA has officially ended its efforts to finalize a COVID-19 safety rule for healthcare workers. Launched as an Emergency Temporary Standard in June 2021, the proposal aimed to protect healthcare ...

The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Jan. 15 terminated its COVID-19 healthcare rulemaking to prioritize completing a broader infectious diseases rule for ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 rulemaking process has been quiet for a while, but recent activity appears to indicate we are now entering the final phase of a ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will partially reopen the public comment period of its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for healthcare and healthcare support workers in ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) this week proposed removing COVID-19 recordkeeping requirements for healthcare employers, including the last remaining provisions of its ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is moving ahead with a permanent standard to protect healthcare workers from exposure to COVID-19 on the job. The agency submitted a final rule to the ...