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Cal/OSHA Emergency COVID-19 Regulations Now in Effect

December 17, 2020

Several Cal/OSHA emergency regulations for protecting workers from the spread COVID-19 went into effect on November 30. These workplace safety regulations apply to every business in California except:

Places of employment with one employee who does not have contact with other persons.
Employees working from home.
Employers covered by the Aerosol Transmissible Diseases standard (primarily health care providers, correctional facilities, drug treatment programs and homeless shelters).

Some of the many new requirements for employers include:

Creating a written COVID-19 Prevention Program (CPP).
Reporting workplace COVID-19 outbreaks to the local health department and providing free COVID-19 testing to exposed workers up to two times a week.
Keeping sick or exposed employees out of the workplace and continuing to pay them while they cannot work.
Additional requirements for employers who provide housing and transportation to their employees such as in the agriculture industry.

Employers must have a written COVID-19 Prevention Program (CPP) for preventing the spread of the virus in their workplace. The CPP must explain your plan for 11 different precautions including employee training and reducing exposure hazards. If you don’t yet have a CPP, you should create one right away. To help, we created a CPP template that you can modify for your business operations.

More information and resources to help you comply with the new rules are available at our safety resource www.SafeAtWorkCA.com.

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