{"id":1098,"date":"2021-08-23T17:31:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T21:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2021-08-23T17:31:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T21:31:46","slug":"osha-updates-covid-19-guidance-for-masking-and-testing-of-vaccinated-workers-and-further-encourages-vaccination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/2021\/08\/23\/osha-updates-covid-19-guidance-for-masking-and-testing-of-vaccinated-workers-and-further-encourages-vaccination\/","title":{"rendered":"OSHA Updates COVID-19 Guidance for Masking and Testing of Vaccinated Workers and Further Encourages Vaccination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OSHA recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/coronavirus\/safework\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated<\/a>\u00a0its Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace for employers in nonhealthcare settings. The updated OSHA guidance tracks the CDC\u2019s July 27, 2021,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommendations<\/a>, based upon the increased spread of the delta variant and new evidence that vaccinated persons can spread COVID-19. The updated OSHA guidance, together with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\u2019s August 23, 2021,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approval<\/a>\u00a0of the first COVID-19 vaccine, may lead to increased worker vaccination mandates.<\/p>\n<p>The updated guidance now provides for\u00a0<em>vaccinated<\/em>\u00a0workers to\u00a0<em>mask in public areas<\/em>\u00a0in all workplaces located in counties with substantial or high COVID-19 community transmission.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full text of this Duane Morris <em>Alert<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/osha_updates_covid19_guidance_masking_testing_vaccinated_workers_further_encourages_0821.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">please visit the firm website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OSHA recently\u00a0updated\u00a0its Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace for employers in nonhealthcare settings. The updated OSHA guidance tracks the CDC\u2019s July 27, 2021,\u00a0recommendations, based upon the increased spread of the delta variant and new evidence that vaccinated persons can spread COVID-19. The updated OSHA guidance, together with the U.S. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/2021\/08\/23\/osha-updates-covid-19-guidance-for-masking-and-testing-of-vaccinated-workers-and-further-encourages-vaccination\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;OSHA Updates COVID-19 Guidance for Masking and Testing of Vaccinated Workers and Further Encourages Vaccination&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,1193,818,1058,1057,760],"ppma_author":[1043],"class_list":["post-1098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-employment-law","tag-mandate","tag-osha","tag-recommendations","tag-vaccination","tag-vaccine"],"authors":[{"term_id":1043,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1098"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/coronaviruscovid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}