{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-025","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees","authority":"29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), 657, 658, 666; EO 13999 section 2","instrument":"Memorandum, Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 12, 2021)","title":"Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2021-03-12","effective":"2021-03-12","end":"2021-07-07 (superseded by the July 7, 2021 Updated Interim ERP referenced in DIR 2021-03, Ex. 088)","startDate":"2021-03-12","endDate":"2021-07-07","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","HC"],"addressees":["OSHA Area Offices and CSHOs","all employers; employers not making good-faith efforts to protect workers prioritized"],"clause":"This Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) provides new instructions and guidance to Area Offices and Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) for handling COVID-19-related complaints, referrals, and severe illness reports.... OSHA\u0027s enforcement of workplace safety and health requirements will reduce the risk of workplace transmissions of SARS-CoV-2. The agency\u0027s updated Response Plan prioritizes enforcement and focuses on employers that are not making good faith efforts to protect workers.... Pursuant to the March 12, 2021, National Emphasis Program (NEP) for COVID-19...","enforcement":"General Duty Clause and standards citations; on-site inspections restored as the default","functions":["EMP: written COVID-19 plans, distancing, masking, ventilation and screening expected of every employer under the January 29, 2021 guidance and inspected under the NEP","IC","OP"],"notes":"The 2021 enforcement posture in force on July 1, 2021 (replaced July 7, 2021 by an update of the same name).","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/memos/2021-03-12/updated-interim-enforcement-response-plan-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210401235202/https://www.osha.gov/memos/2021-03-12/updated-interim-enforcement-response-plan-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":580034,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-025","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-025","citation":"OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director) to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-025)","stateName":"","related":[]}