The AFL-CIO filed a lawsuit to ask a federal court to compel the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an emergency temporary standard to protect workers from the novel coronavirus.
The emergencypetition, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday, outlines how tens of thousands of workers have been infected on the job through exposure to ill co-workers, patients, customers, and members of the public who had not been screened before entering a workplace. If the federation of labor unions is successful, all U.S. workplaces subject to OSHA rules will ...
Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:
See Breaking News in Context
Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis.
Already a subscriber?
Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources.