This time last year in the Bay Area, it seemed plausible that office buildings could become a relic of the past for thousands of workers, with many in tech and other remote-friendly industries comfortably ensconced in home offices after close to two years of pandemic living.
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Calif. not likely to update workplace pandemic standards until December
With on-the-job outbreaks of the coronavirus on the rise across California, state workplace safety regulators once again find themselves racing to update rules on vaccines, masking and a host of other virus prevention measures.
New California workplace mask rules: What you need to know
The standards board of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, voted to loosen workplace mask rules on Thursday, but the requirements are stricter than CDC guidelines and could change in the coming weeks.
California workplace standards could change for vaccinated employees
The board that oversees workplace safety standards in California was scheduled to vote Thursday on updating coronavirus restrictions in the workplace.
Remote workers are being paid $20,000 to relocate to America’s small towns
Small towns across America have a message for the new crop of remote workers: We’ll pay you to move here.
Human resources expert discusses vaccines and employers
The rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccines poses some thorny questions for U.S. employers: Can they or should they require employees to get the shots?
California house cleaners, nannies, caregivers could get new workplace protections
Anabel Garcia of Santa Rosa has cleaned houses for 19 years. She’s been instructed to use harsh chemicals that impacted her vision and breathing.
The racial discrimination that existing laws fail to capture
America’s current reckoning with racism forces a critical question: Why are existing laws failing to protect people of color? Employment discrimination laws offer an analogy as a response.
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