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Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-029	OSHA Publication 3990-03 2020, Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (March 2020)Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19	OSHA (with HHS)	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015	Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020)Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19…	OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-081	What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (technical assistance questions and answers; first issued Mar. 17, 2020; updated Mar. 27, Apr. 9, Apr. 17, Apr. 23, May 5, May 7, June 11, June 17, Sept. 8, Dec. 16, 2020; May 28, Oct. 13 and Oct. 25, 2021; through May 15, 2023)What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws	EEOC	United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-034	Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2020-1, Temporary Non-Enforcement Period Applicable to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Mar. 24, 2020)Temporary Non-Enforcement Period Applicable to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)	Wage and Hour Division Administrator (Cheryl M. Stanton) to Regional Administrators and District Directors	United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-068	DHS announces flexibility in requirements related to Form I-9 compliance (Mar. 20, 2020), with the Mar. 31, 2021 updateDHS announces flexibility in requirements related to Form I-9 compliance	Department of Homeland Security, through ICE	United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-082	Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (Oct. 2009; updated Mar. 19 and Mar. 21, 2020 for COVID-19)Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act	EEOC (Chair Janet Dhillon)	United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-037	Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers (WHD; first posted Mar. 24, 2020, expanded through Dec. 31, 2020; live archived page)Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers	Wage and Hour Division	United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-038	Employee Rights: Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, WH1422 (Mar. 25, 2020)Employee Rights: Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Under The Families First Coronavirus Response Act	Wage and Hour Division	United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Workplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-001	Temporary rule, Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, 29 C.F.R. part 826, 85 Fed. Reg. 19326 (Apr. 6, 2020)Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act	Secretary of Labor, through the Wage and Hour Division	United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-016	Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020)Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-017	Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries or Jurisdictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020)Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries or Jurisdictions During the…	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-018	Memorandum, Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 8, 2020)Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the…	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-019	Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Apr. 10, 2020)Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Workplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-047	Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act; Correction, 85 Fed. Reg. 20156 (Apr. 10, 2020)Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act; Correction	Wage and Hour Division	United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Workplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020	Memorandum, Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Apr. 13, 2020)Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-021	Memorandum, Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer's Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 16, 2020)Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer's Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-003	Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 21739 (Apr. 20, 2020), adding 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(21)Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency	Secretary of Homeland Security (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), through USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-022	Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 24, 2020)Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)…	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-013	Final rule, Extension of Certain Timeframes for Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak, 85 Fed. Reg. 26351 (May 4, 2020)Extension of Certain Timeframes for Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak	Secretary of Labor (EBSA) and Secretary of the Treasury (IRS)	United States Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, jointly with the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (federal agencies)Federal	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-048	Notice, Delay in Opening of 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 and 2020 EEO-3 and 2020 EEO-5 Data Collections Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 27414 (May 8, 2020)Delay in Opening of 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 and 2020 EEO-3 and 2020 EEO-5 Data Collections Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)…	EEOC (Janet Dhillon, Chair)	United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (independent federal agency)Federal	May 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-004	Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 28843 (May 14, 2020), adding 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(23)Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency	Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)Federal	May 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-023	Memorandum, Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (May 19, 2020; effective May 26, 2020)Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	May 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-024	Memorandum, Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (May 19, 2020; effective May 26, 2020)Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	May 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-005	Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg. 51304 (Aug. 20, 2020)Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain…	Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)Federal	Aug. 20, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-036	Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2020-5, Employers' obligation to exercise reasonable diligence in tracking teleworking employees' hours of work (Aug. 24, 2020)Employers' obligation to exercise reasonable diligence in tracking teleworking employees' hours of work	Wage and Hour Division Administrator (Cheryl M. Stanton)	United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (federal agency)Federal	Aug. 24, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read

OSHA (with HHS), OSHA Publication 3990-03 2020, Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (March 2020) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-029)
OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015)
EEOC, What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (technical assistance questions and answers; first issued Mar. 17, 2020; updated Mar. 27, Apr. 9, Apr. 17, Apr. 23, May 5, May 7, June 11, June 17, Sept. 8, Dec. 16, 2020; May 28, Oct. 13 and Oct. 25, 2021; through May 15, 2023) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-081)
Wage and Hour Division Administrator (Cheryl M. Stanton) to Regional Administrators and District Directors, Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2020-1, Temporary Non-Enforcement Period Applicable to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-034)
Department of Homeland Security, through ICE, DHS announces flexibility in requirements related to Form I-9 compliance (Mar. 20, 2020), with the Mar. 31, 2021 update (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-068)
EEOC (Chair Janet Dhillon), Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (Oct. 2009; updated Mar. 19 and Mar. 21, 2020 for COVID-19) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-082)
Wage and Hour Division, Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers (WHD; first posted Mar. 24, 2020, expanded through Dec. 31, 2020; live archived page) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-037)
Wage and Hour Division, Employee Rights: Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, WH1422 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-038)
Secretary of Labor, through the Wage and Hour Division, Temporary rule, Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, 29 C.F.R. part 826, 85 Fed. Reg. 19326 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-001)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-016)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries or Jurisdictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-017)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Memorandum, Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-018)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-019)
Wage and Hour Division, Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act; Correction, 85 Fed. Reg. 20156 (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-047)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer's Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-021)
Secretary of Homeland Security (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), through USCIS, Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 21739 (Apr. 20, 2020), adding 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(21) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-003)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-022)
Secretary of Labor (EBSA) and Secretary of the Treasury (IRS), Final rule, Extension of Certain Timeframes for Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak, 85 Fed. Reg. 26351 (May 4, 2020) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-013)
EEOC (Janet Dhillon, Chair), Notice, Delay in Opening of 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 and 2020 EEO-3 and 2020 EEO-5 Data Collections Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 27414 (May 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-048)
Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS, Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 28843 (May 14, 2020), adding 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(23) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-004)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (May 19, 2020; effective May 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-023)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (May 19, 2020; effective May 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-024)
Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS, Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg. 51304 (Aug. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-005)
Wage and Hour Division Administrator (Cheryl M. Stanton), Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2020-5, Employers' obligation to exercise reasonable diligence in tracking teleworking employees' hours of work (Aug. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-036)

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