The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1) (restated); OSHA Publication 4045-06 2020
- Issued
- 2020-06-17 June 17, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06 (read as 2020-06-17)
- End
- superseded by the January 29, 2021 guidance (read as 2021-01-29)
- In force
- June 17, 2020 to Jan. 29, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all employers reopening or continuing operations
- Character
- agency guidance recommendation
- Collection
- Standing duties: Federal layer DUT-FED
Operative words
This guidance is not a standard or regulation, and it creates no new legal obligations. It contains recommendations as well as descriptions of mandatory safety and health standards.... In addition, the Act's General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1), requires employers to provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
Penalty
as the general duty clause and standards provide
What it required
Recommendation: a phased reopening plan with hazard assessment, hygiene, distancing, screening, engineering and administrative controls and PPE, keyed to the White House 'Opening Up America Again' phases (Ex. FED-397). The compulsory floor is the general duty clause and the standing standards the document describes as 'mandatory.' Character as recorded: agency_guidance_recommendation (incorporating the general duty clause by reference).