{"id":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-061","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Washington; Department of Labor and Industries","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Labor and Industries","authority":"RCW 49.17.010,.040,.050,.060; ESSB 5115; SSB 5254","instrument":"Emergency rules WAC 296-62-600 through 296-62-60005 (public health emergency reporting and notification) and WAC 296-800-16080 (voluntary PPE), CR-103E Rule-making Order AO21-31 (adopted Aug. 10, 2021)","title":"CR-103E: Public health emergency reporting and notification requirements for infectious and contagious disease (HELSA implementation): employers with 50 or more employees at a workplace must report 10 or more test-confirmed cases to L\u0026I within 24 hours; employers must notify employees of potential exposure; voluntary PPE accommodation","dateIssued":"2021-08-10","effective":"2021-08-10 (immediately upon filing)","end":"Readopted and made permanent thereafter; applicable for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency","startDate":"2021-08-10","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","QUAR","OTHER"],"addressees":["every Washington employer (notification duties); employers with 50 or more covered employees at a workplace or worksite (outbreak reporting)"],"clause":"Purpose: The Department of Labor \u0026 Industries (L\u0026I) is responding to the 2021 passage of Substitute Senate Bill 5254 (SSB 5254) regarding voluntary use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during a state of emergency, and Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5115 (ESSB 5115), also known as the Health Emergency Labor Standards Act (HELSA). This rulemaking creates new sections of WAC, regarding public health emergency reporting and notification requirements for infectious and contagious disease. The emergency rule includes requirements for when there is a public health emergency for an infectious or contagious disease and as such, the requirements are applicable to COVID-19. Under the emergency rule: Employers with 50 or more covered employees at a workplace or worksite are required to report infectious or contagious [disease outbreaks to L\u0026I within 24 hours].","enforcement":"RCW 49.17.180 citations and penalties; RCW 49.17.062-.064 anti-discrimination protections","functions":["EMP","HR (24-hour outbreak reporting, exposure notification in employees\u0027 languages, PPE accommodation)","WF (workers\u0027 compensation presumption for frontline employees under RCW 51.32.181)","OP administration"],"notes":"A Q3 2021 instrument adopted Aug. 10, 2021 and in force on Sept. 30, 2021; reached every Washington employer. Rule text is Ex. 080; the enacting statute\u0027s legislative summary is Ex. 008.","sourceUrl":"https://www.lni.wa.gov/rulemaking-activity/AO21-31/2131CR103E.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":139996,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","url":"/library/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-061","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-061","citation":"Department of Labor and Industries, Emergency rules WAC 296-62-600 through 296-62-60005 (public health emergency reporting and notification) and WAC 296-800-16080 (voluntary PPE), CR-103E Rule-making Order AO21-31 (adopted Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-061)","stateName":"Washington","related":["DUT-WA-010","AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-080","AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-055","AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-054","AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-056","AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-060"]}