President Biden Issues Executive Order on Workplace Safety
Posted on January 28, 2021 | Categories: Employment
During the first week of his presidency, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. issued several executive orders, ranging from coronavirus, to immigration, to climate change. None of this came as a surprise, but one in particular should be on every employers' radar screen. On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety, which requires the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to take "swift action" to protect all U.S. workplaces from the COVID-19 pandemic by:
