On August 2nd, seven Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley joined the ranks of Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Yolo counties in issuing local ordinances that reinstitute indoor masking mandates. The orders require all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, to wear face coverings when indoors in public settings, with limited exceptions,
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Mask Mandates After State-Wide Mask Recommendations – Are More Restrictions to Follow?
By Dale R. Kuykendall & Sierra Vierra on
Posted in Workplace Safety
On July 28th the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) issued revised guidance for the use of masks, including recommending universal masking indoors statewide. This guidance comes on the heels of changes in the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) guidance recommending masking for indoor settings in areas with substantial and high transmission of…
California Department of Public Health Issues Mandate to Encourage Health Care Workers to Get Vaccinated
By Laila Rashid & Kyle C. Worrell on
Posted in Workplace Safety
Due to a rise in transmission of the Delta variant causing a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in California, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a new order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in hospitals, high-risk congregate settings, and other health care settings.
The order takes effect on August 9, 2021,…
Los Angeles County Mandates Masks for Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Individuals Indoors
By Benjamin A. Tulis on
Posted in Local Ordinance
On June 17th the Cal/OSHA Standards Board passed amended COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards, which were intended to bring consistency between the California Department of Public Health mask guidance and Cal-OSHA’s workplace requirements.
However, since the passage of the amendments, several counties, including Los Angeles County, have seen a rise in COVID-19 cases. In…
New CDC Face Covering Guidance and What It Means for California Workplaces
By Jamerson C. Allen on
Posted in Workplace Safety
On May 13th, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) updated its guidance for fully vaccinated individuals. The new guidance identified circumstances in which fully vaccinated individuals do not have to wear face coverings, including indoors. However, fully vaccinated individuals must still comply with federal, state, local, or workplace guidance for face coverings. Earlier in…
California Counties and Cities Begin to Mandate Face Coverings in Further Efforts to Slow the Spread of COVID-19
By Elyza P. Heraldez & Jonathan A. Siegel on
Posted in California
The Center for Disease Control (“CDC”) recently began recommending the use of non-medical masks or “cloth face coverings” to help stem the spread of COVID-19. According to the CDC’s recommendation, cloth face coverings are recommended in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g. grocery stores and pharmacies). The CDC has…