{"id":"DUT-NE-018","kind":"duty","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (all employers)","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor","authority":"OSH Act § 5(a)(1) (the guidance\u0027s stated relationship to the general duty clause)","instrument":"Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19, OSHA 3990-03 2020 (cross-reference to Ex. FED-088; not re-saved)","title":"Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-09","effective":"guidance; no compliance date","end":"","startDate":"2020-03-09","endDate":"2021-01-29","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["EMP"],"addressees":["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 mandatory safety and health standards. The recommendations are advisory in nature, informational in content, and are intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace.","enforcement":"None of its own; the general duty clause and standards carry the penalties","functions":[],"notes":"Recommended engineering, administrative and PPE controls and a hazard assessment; recorded as a recommendation because its text so states. Its legal effect for a Nebraska employer came from two incorporating instruments: the general duty clause and OSHA standards it describes (DUT-NE-017), and, from May 26, 2021, the COVID-19 Liability Act, under which \u0027substantial compliance\u0027 with OSHA guidance is the condition of immunity (DUT-NE-019, DUT-NE-020).","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OSHA3990.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1564458,"grade":"primary","character":"recommendation_only","description":"","collection":"DUT-NE","url":"/library/DUT-NE-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NE-018","citation":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19, OSHA 3990-03 2020 (cross-reference to Ex. FED-088; not re-saved) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NE-018)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["DUT-NE-017","DUT-NE-019","DUT-NE-020","FED-088"]}