On April 26, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sent its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This step in the regulatory process is an important one as the OMB can approve the regulation as written, reject it, or send it back to OSHA for modifications.
The release of the ETS signals a major change in the Biden Administration from several weeks ago when the regulation was placed on hold by OSHA for further review. It appears that meetings with the regulated community …