{"id":"DUT-MN-014","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA)","authority":"Minn. Stat. ch. 182 (recited: \u0027requirements set forth under the Occupational Safety and Health Act\u0027)","instrument":"MNOSHA, Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations (COVID-19), as posted by April 6, 2020","title":"Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations","dateIssued":"2020-04-06","effective":"2020-04-06","end":"standing as a statement of the ch. 182 duty; superseded in practice by the Plan Guidance of June 2020 (DUT-MN-013)","startDate":"2020-04-06","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers (essential work operations under EO 20-20; the recited duties bind all employers)"],"clause":"Remember the basic responsibilities: Employers have a fundamental obligation to protect their employees from known hazards; and both employers and employees must follow requirements set forth under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.... employers must ensure they are assessing the potential exposures of their employees and developing safe work-practices to minimize exposure.","enforcement":"§ 182.666 (DUT-MN-007) for the statutory duties the document restates; none of its own.","functions":[],"notes":"MNOSHA told every essential employer in April 2020 that COVID-19 was a workplace hazard within the Act\u0027s existing duties: employers \u0027must ensure they are assessing the potential exposures\u0027, \u0027must perform an assessment of the work activities\u0027 for PPE under the respiratory protection standard, and \u0027must train their employees about the health hazards relative to COVID-19 exposure\u0027; its \u0027should\u0027 sentences (telework \u0027should\u0027 be used where possible) are recommendations.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dli.mn.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/COVID-19_s-h_guidelines_ers_and_ees.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200406223526id_/https://www.dli.mn.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/COVID-19_s-h_guidelines_ers_and_ees.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":162370,"grade":"primary","character":"guidance_incorporated","description":"","collection":"DUT-MN","url":"/library/DUT-MN-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MN-014","citation":"Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA), MNOSHA, Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations (COVID-19), as posted by April 6, 2020 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-014)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["DUT-MN-013","DUT-MN-007","DUT-MN-010","DUT-MN-020"]}