The COVID Project
The record
- Level
- Legal authority
- Authority
- Congressional Research Service, R46540, COVID-19 Liability: Tort, Workplace Safety, and Securities Law (Kevin M. Lewis et al., Sept. 24, 2020)
- Issued
- 2020-09-24 Sept. 24, 2020
- In force
- Sept. 24, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Operative words
Most protections provided to date are conditioned upon the businesses' substantial compliance with the applicable federal, state, or local guidelines (at 9); [I]f an employer knows that a specific standard will not protect his workers against a particular hazard, his duty under section 5(a)(1) will not be discharged no matter how faithfully he observes that standard (at 35, quoting the D.C. Circuit).