{"id":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-057","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Washington; Department of Labor and Industries with the Department of Health (joint temporary worker housing rule)","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Labor and Industries (with the Department of Health)","authority":"RCW 49.17.010,.040,.050,.060; RCW 70.114A","instrument":"Emergency rule WAC 296-307-16102, Additional requirements to protect occupants from 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) exposure in temporary worker housing, CR-103E Rule-making Order AO20-09 (adopted May 13, 2020; effective May 18, 2020)","title":"CR-103E: temporary worker housing COVID-19 requirements (physical distancing, cohorts of 15, bunk spacing, isolation, cleaning, face coverings, revised housing management plans)","dateIssued":"2020-05-13","effective":"2020-05-18","end":"Readopted Sept. 10, 2020 (Ex. 058), Jan. 8, 2021 (Ex. 059), May 7 and May 28, 2021 (Ex. 060) and June 2021 (AO21-11); in force through the 2021 harvest season","startDate":"2020-05-18","endDate":"2020-09-10","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","MASK","QUAR","SUPPLY"],"addressees":["operators of licensed temporary worker housing (agricultural employers, growers, packers, labor contractors)"],"clause":"Purpose: Chapter 296-307 WAC, Temporary worker housing. The Department of Labor \u0026 Industries (L\u0026I) in conjunction with the Department of Health (DOH) are responding to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by adopting a new section to protect occupants from COVID-19 hazards in licensed temporary worker housing. The emergency rule [requires operators to]... Ensure physical distancing of occupants when at housing sites, which includes all cooking, eating, bathing, washing, [and sleeping areas]... Submit to the Department of Health a revised temporary worker housing management plan that demonstrates how the [operator will comply]... [Occupants in a group] stay together and separated from others for housing, work, and transportation.","enforcement":"L\u0026I DOSH citations under RCW 49.17.180; DOH licensing enforcement under RCW 70.114A","functions":["LB labor housing (occupancy cut by bunk spacing and cohorts of 15)","FP farm production and harvest (housing-dependent H-2A and seasonal labor)","TR transportation of housed workers","WF","HR training in occupants\u0027 languages","SC (PPE, cleaning supplies)"],"notes":"Tree fruit, hops, berries, vegetables and packing operations statewide; the rule constrained how many workers could be housed and therefore hired for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Rule text is Ex. 079.","sourceUrl":"https://www.lni.wa.gov/rulemaking-activity/AO20-09/2009CR103E.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":166006,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","url":"/library/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-057","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-057","citation":"Department of Labor and Industries (with the Department of Health), Emergency rule WAC 296-307-16102, Additional requirements to protect occupants from 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) exposure in temporary worker housing, CR-103E Rule-making Order AO20-09 (adopted May 13, 2020; effective May 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-057)","stateName":"Washington","related":[]}