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Ex. DUT-FED-011 Standing duty Primary source read

Protecting Workers guidance, as updated August 13, 2021

Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (posted January 29, 2021; updated June 10 and August 13, 2021)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration · United States (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
Executive Order 13999; 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1)
Issued
2021-08-13 Aug. 13, 2021
Effective
2021-08-13
End
in force through the end of 2021Q3 and after (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 13, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Addressees
  • all employers
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Collection
Standing duties: Federal layer DUT-FED

Operative words

Guidance posted January 29, 2021; Updated June 10, [2021]; Summary of changes August 13, 2021... [recommendations for workers who are unvaccinated or otherwise at-risk, and] new guidance involving workers who are fully vaccinated but [in areas of substantial or high transmission].

Penalty

as the general duty clause provides

What it required

Recommendation: following the CDC's July 27, 2021 change, OSHA recommended masks indoors for all workers in areas of substantial or high transmission and continued protections for unvaccinated and at-risk workers; the general duty clause remained the mandatory floor the guidance restates. Character as recorded: agency_guidance_recommendation (incorporating the general duty clause by reference).

Retrieval note

Together with Exs. DUT-FED-010 and -072 it gives the three versions in force in 2021Q1-Q3.