CDPH has recently updated their masking requirements. Starting March 1st, 2022, the requirement that unvaccinated individuals mask in indoor public settings will move to a strong recommendation that all persons, regardless of vaccine status, continue indoor masking. Their are several high-risk areas where masking will continue to be required, regardless of [...]
On February 9th, SB114 (full bill text here) was signed into law by Governor Newsom, bringing back COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) for covered California employees. This bill goes into effect February 19th 2022, but is retroactive to January 1, 2022. Please click here to see the FAQ. Employers [...]
PRISMHealth has made announcements they will be covering over-the-counter COVID-19 tests. Per the announcement: Over-The-Counter (OTC) COVID-19 Tests Covered Per guidance issued by the Federal Government on January 10, 2022, PRISMHealth will provide coverage for diagnostic at-home COVID-19 tests for personal use that were purchased on or after January 15, [...]
Cal/OSHA voted on December 16th to extend the Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) through April 14th, 2022. The vote also included several revisions to the standard, which will go into effect January 14, 2022. Several of the notable revisions include: Face Covering Light Test: Face coverings must now pass a light test, [...]
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has announced that they will be reinstating the indoor mask mandate, effective December 15th. This mandate is in efforts of curbing the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which has been shown to spread easier than previous COVID-19 variants. Per the CDPH, "Masks are required for [...]
On Nov. 4th, Federal OSHA announced that they had approved their COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard(ETS). States have 30 days to comply, or update their own ETS to be at least as effective as the Federal OSHA ETS. California was one of the first states to adopt a COVID-19 ETS, but will [...]
To assist our members in complying with the ever-changing state and federal law, GSRMA is pleased to provide our members with employee labor law posters for little or no cost. We have made a bulk purchase of the all-in-one format, which incorporates both State of California and Federal posting requirements. Each [...]
COVID-19 cases are on rise, as are the number of questions we are receiving from members. One of the most common questions we hear after an agency has a COVID-19 exposure is, "What next?" Below you will find a decision tree that is designed to help answer that question and [...]
Like many Californian's, currently our districts are facing fires near and far that are creating air quality concerns. Due to the increase in frequency as well as severity of the fire's in the California, in 2019 Cal/OSHA put out emergency regulation §5141.1. §5141.1 relates to all workplaces where workers will [...]
On June 17, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board adopted revisions to the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards. Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order enabling the revisions to take effect without the normal 10-day review period by the Office of Administrative Law. The revised standards took effect [...]