OSHA Issues Non-Mandatory Guidance for Reopening

By Patrick Miller

On June 17, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued its “Guidance on Returning to Work.” Designed to “assist employers and workers in safely returning to work and reopening businesses deemed by local authorities as ‘non-essential businesses’ during the evolving Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic,” the document does little to advise employers on steps that should be taken beyond what most jurisdictions, both state and local, have already implemented and, in some cases, required.

Read the full advisory HERE.