OSHA’s move to make COVID standards permanent met with skepticism from long-term care industry groups
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 05, 2023
The final version of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s rule meant to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 has reached the White House Office of Management and Budget for review...
OSHA withdraws part of COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard but will ‘vigorously enforce’...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 28, 2021
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has withdrawn the “non-recordkeeping” portions of the healthcare emergency temporary standard that it had announced in June,...
DC Circuit rules against nurses’ union suit to speed OSHA healthcare rule
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 30, 2022
A bid to force OSHA to quickly and permanently enact a proposed rule to protect healthcare workers against COVID-19 has been defeated.
OSHA’s proposed COVID-19 healthcare rule ‘over prescriptive,’ confusing, industry leaders say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2022
A proposed federal COVID-19 healthcare rule is “overly prescriptive” and creates confusion, according to senior living industry leaders.
OSHA workplace violence rule shouldn’t be ‘one-size-fits-all’ or duplicate existing requirements,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 13, 2023
Advocates for senior living and other aging services providers are asking the federal government to grant providers flexibility and not duplicate existing requirements as a potential federal workplace...