{"id":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-002","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"California; Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA), Department of Industrial Relations","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","eco":"","issuer":"Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board","authority":"Labor Code §§ 142.3, 144.6; Gov. Code § 11346.1","instrument":"Finding of Emergency, Government Code section 11346.1: Proposed Emergency Regulation, COVID-19 Prevention (Title 8, §§ 3205, 3205.1, 3205.2, 3205.3, 3205.4), Business Meeting November 19, 2020","title":"Finding of Emergency: COVID-19 Prevention emergency temporary standards","dateIssued":"2020-11-19","effective":"n/a (rulemaking record); the ETS it supported was approved by OAL and took effect Nov. 30, 2020 (Ex. CA-023)","end":"n/a; the ETS was readopted June 17, 2021 (Ex. CA-024), Dec. 16, 2021 (effective Jan. 14, 2022) and Apr. 21, 2022, and expired Feb. 3, 2023 on adoption of the non-emergency regulation","startDate":"2020-11-30","endDate":"2021-06-17","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","QUAR","MASK","SUPPLY"],"addressees":["all employers, employees and places of employment in California (with the exclusions in § 3205(a))"],"clause":"The Board finds that immediate action must be taken to avoid serious harm to the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare... Proposed subsection (c) requires employers to establish, implement, and maintain an effective, written COVID-19 Prevention Program (Program).","enforcement":"Cal/OSHA citations and civil penalties, Labor Code § 6317 et seq.; Labor Code §§ 60.5 and 6308 (the Division is charged with enforcement of the California Occupational Safety and Health Act, Labor Code § 6300 et seq.)","functions":["EMP written COVID-19 Prevention Program, hazard identification, distancing, face coverings, ventilation, cleaning","WF exclusion of COVID-19 cases and exposed employees with pay maintenance; outbreak testing","HR training and communication","SC employer-provided housing and transportation (§§ 3205.3, 3205.4)"],"notes":"The Board\u0027s statement of the statutory power exercised. Text of the ETS and readoption are CA-023 and CA-024; the May 2021 finding of emergency for readoption is CA-050.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/COVID-19-Prevention-Emergency-FOE.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201202054349/https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/COVID-19-Prevention-Emergency-FOE.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":997731,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","url":"/library/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-002","citation":"Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, Finding of Emergency, Government Code section 11346.1: Proposed Emergency Regulation, COVID-19 Prevention (Title 8, §§ 3205, 3205.1, 3205.2, 3205.3, 3205.4), Business Meeting November 19, 2020 (Nov. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-002)","stateName":"California","related":["CA-024","CA-023","CA-050","SEC-11-027"]}