Worker, Business Groups Push to Influence Health-Care Covid Rule

Worker and employer organizations alike are continuing to meet with White House officials over concerns that OSHA’s proposed rule to protect health-care workers from Covid-19 will either be too broad or not strict enough.

Meetings with the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs over the Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposal are currently scheduled through at least Jan. 6.

OIRA’s review is usually the last outside analysis of a rule before it’s cleared for release, and the scheduled sessions are a last chance for advocates to make their case before that review is concluded.

OSHA hasn’t yet released ...