Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, GSRMA Management made the tough choice of postponing the 16th Annual Conference until fall. This was not an easy choice, but it was a choice that management felt best suited our ideals of putting the health and safety of our members and staff first. [...]
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 [...]
GSRMA, in partnership with our excess carrier PRISM, is now offering COVID-19 testing services through Plexus Global. By using this service, CRL Rapid Response saliva test kits are sent directly to the member. Kits include a swab, vial for containing the sample, and prepaid return labels that ship directly to Plexus [...]
On August 11th 2021, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a State Public Health Officer Order that provided direction on vaccine verification for workers in California schools. Additionally, CDPH published FAQs addressing specifics pertaining to the scope of the Order and definitions. Under this Order schools are required [...]
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 [...]
Congratulations to Brian Edinger, GSRMA’s second Certified Safety Management Specialist (CSMS)! The CSMS is a designation that is awarded to those who have completed the 72-hour Safety Management Specialist Program, facilitated by the Safety Center. The designation requires 9 full days of course work, and a 90% or higher score [...]
As COVID cases are on the rise again, so too are questions from our members. With the additional uncertainty of the Delta Variant, we wanted to take a few minutes to provide you with a “refresher” on some key points to consider regarding COVID-19 and your operations. First, it is [...]