Final Stakeholder Comments Renew Arguments On COVID Rule’s Scope

Unions and employers used the final round of written comments on OSHA’s planned long-term COVID-19 standard for healthcare facilities to renew and supplement their arguments on the scope of the rule, with labor groups offering an array of claims to support strict mandates while industry focused on responding to specific questions raised by officials. The comments, filed ahead of a May 23 deadline, represent stakeholders’ last opportunity to add new data, testimony and policy arguments to the rulemaking record for...