HAVE YOU SUBMITTED YOUR COMMENT YET ON THE COVID-19 VACCINATION AND TESTING EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARD?

Written by: Darcy Cook, Safety Trainers

Would you like to send a comment on the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard [ETS]?  YOU SHOULD!

On Nov. 5, OSHA issued an emergency temporary standard to protect workers from the spread of coronavirus on the job. The emergency temporary standard covers employers with 100 or more employees. Covered employers must develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, unless they adopt a policy requiring employees to either get vaccinated or undergo regular COVID-19 testing and wear a face covering at work. More information about the ETS is available on OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS webpage.

YOU CAN Submit comments identified by Docket No. OSHA-2021-0007 electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Follow the online instructions for making electronic submissions.  The Federal e-Rulemaking Portal is the only way to submit comments on this rule. Read the Nov. 5, 2021 Federal Register notice for details.

You have until January 19, 2021, to make your comments.