{"id":"DUT-FED-010","kind":"duty","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration (issued under Executive Order 13999 § 2(a))","authority":"Executive Order 13999, 86 Fed. Reg. 7211 (Jan. 26, 2021); 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1)","instrument":"Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (posted Jan. 29, 2021)","title":"Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace","dateIssued":"2021-01-29","effective":"2021-01-29","end":"superseded June 10, 2021 (Ex. DUT-FED-072)","startDate":"2021-01-29","endDate":"2021-06-10","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","MASK","QUAR"],"addressees":["all employers"],"clause":"This guidance is not a standard or regulation, and it creates no new legal obligations. It contains recommendations as well as descriptions of existing mandatory safety and health standards.... Employers should implement COVID-19 Prevention Programs in the workplace.... In addition, the Act\u0027s General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1), requires employers to provide their workers with a workplace free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm.... employers still are required under the General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act, to...","enforcement":"none in the guidance; the general duty clause and standards it describes carry 29 U.S.C. 666 penalties","functions":[],"notes":"Recorded as recommendation (\u0027should\u0027): a COVID-19 prevention program with hazard assessment, distancing, face coverings, ventilation, screening, isolation of infected workers and anti-retaliation. The compulsory element is the general duty clause the guidance restates and against which OSHA measured \u0027recognized hazard\u0027 and \u0027feasible means to abate\u0027 in every inspection (Exs. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020, -024, -025). Character as recorded: agency_guidance_recommendation (incorporating the general duty clause by reference).","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/safework","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":440905,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_guidance_recommendation","description":"","collection":"DUT-FED","url":"/library/DUT-FED-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-FED-010","citation":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration (issued under Executive Order 13999 § 2(a)), Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (posted Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-010)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-FED-072","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020","DUT-FED-011"]}