COVID-19 Safety Considerations & Implications
Join us as we discuss and review the OSHA guidance and implications associated with COVID-19 business reopenings and safety plans, return-to-work issues, regulatory compliance, enforcement, and whistleblower protections.
Topics to be discussed:
- State versus federal OSHA
- OSHA regulations implicated by COVID-19
- Do I need a respirator protection program because of COVID-19?
- Face coverings, surgical masks, N95—what’s the difference under OSHA?
- Obligations under OSHA’s “General Duty Clause”
- OSHA’s COVID-19 Guidance and Recommendations
- OSHA 300 log recording and employer self-reporting obligations for COVID-19 cases
- OSHA medical records and privacy concerns
- OSHA implications of NYS Phased Reopening Plans
- OSHA enforcement of COVID-19 cases
- Section 11(c) whistleblower protections for employees
Who should attend: In-house counsel, CEOs, COOs, Safety Managers, Environmental Health Managers, Facility Managers, Construction Managers, Human Resources professionals, Benefits Administrators, Risk Managers, and all interested managers, professionals, or supervisors with safety-related compliance obligations.
CLE credit pending.