Bloomberg Law
April 6, 2021, 11:32 PM

Labor Chief Walsh Puts Hold on OSHA Virus Rule for More Analysis

Bruce Rolfsen
Bruce Rolfsen
Reporter
Courtney Rozen
Courtney Rozen
Reporter

Release of OSHA’s Covid-19 emergency temporary standard is on hold at the request of Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh.

“Secretary Walsh reviewed the materials, and determined that they should be updated to reflect the latest scientific analysis of the state of the disease,” a Labor Department spokesperson told Bloomberg Law on Tuesday. The review is of the standard’s analysis of the disease, not the standard’s regulatory text.

It’s been more than three weeks since the March 15 deadline President Joe Biden’s executive order had set for DOL’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to decide whether a standard was needed; ...

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