Unions Seek Court Order To Renew Healthcare ETS, Force Permanent Rule

State and national labor groups are asking a federal appeals court for an order that would force OSHA to reinstate its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for healthcare workers and quickly enact a permanent rule for the sector, teeing up what could be the first appellate decision on the agency’s ability to extend the six-month emergency regulations. In a Jan. 5 petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, six unions write that the court...