OSHA Relaxes Enforcement Guidelines

OSHA Issues Enforcement Guideline for Recording Cases of COVID-19 on the Jobsite

In a memo issued April 10, OSHA stated in areas where there is ongoing community transmission of the COVID-19 virus, they will not enforce its record-keeping requirements for employers to make work-related determinations for these illnesses, except in two circumstances. NUCA and its coalition partners argued employers may have difficulty making determinations about whether employees who contracted COVID-19 did so due to exposures at work. Read more at https://www.osha.gov/memos/2020-04-10/enforcement-guidance-recording-cases-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19