The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- California; Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA), Department of Industrial Relations · California
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Labor Code §§ 142.3, 144.6; Gov. Code § 11346.1
- Issued
- 2020-11-19 Nov. 19, 2020
- Effective
- n/a (rulemaking record); the ETS it supported was approved by OAL and took effect Nov. 30, 2020 (Ex. CA-023) (read as 2020-11-30)
- 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 (read as 2021-06-17)
- In force
- Nov. 30, 2020 to June 17, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chain
- Addressees
- all employers, employees and places of employment in California (with the exclusions in § 3205(a))
- Functions reached
- 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)
- Collection
- State labor and workplace-safety agencies AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE
Operative words
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.)
Notes
The Board's 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.