Parker Says COVID-19 Healthcare Rule ‘On Track’ For Completion By October

OSHA chief Doug Parker told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a sworn July 25 declaration that his agency is “on track” to complete a long-term COVID-19 standard for healthcare workers by September or October, despite Labor Secretary Marty Walsh’s recent comments that the rule could take as long as five months. In a new filing to the D.C. Circuit panel considering In re: National Nurses United (NNU), et al. , Parker says “under...