A Maryland bill will impose enforceable workplace safety standards aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19 if that legislation bound for Gov.
The measure, HB 581, would require Maryland to join neighboring Virginia in creating an emergency temporary standard for workplace safety in response to the pandemic. A handful of other states—including California, Michigan, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington—are enforcing virus-specific safety standards through gubernatorial executive orders or state agency actions, rather than legislative measures.
The Maryland bill requires the state’s Department of Labor to adopt a new federal standard that the U.S. Occupational Safety ...