News & Updates
Alerts
- Nursing Home and Long Term Care Facility Workers (Spanish). (May 14, 2020).
- Retail Pharmacies (Spanish). (May 14, 2020).
- Rideshare, Taxi, and Car Service Workers (Spanish). (May 14, 2020).
- Dental Practitioners (Spanish). (May 11, 2020).
- Restaurants & Beverage Vendors Offering Takeout or Curbside Pickup (Spanish). (May 1, 2020).
- Construction Workforce (Spanish). (April 21, 2020).
- Manufacturing Industry Workforce (Spanish). (April 16, 2020).
- Package Delivery Workforce (Spanish). (April 13, 2020).
- Retail Workers (Spanish). (April 8, 2020).
- Prevent Worker Exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Spanish). (March 2020).
Enforcement Memoranda
- Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). (May 19, 2020).
- Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). (May 19, 2020).
- Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. (April 24, 2020).
- Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer's Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. (April 16, 2020).
- Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). (April 13, 2020).
- Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). (April 10, 2020).
- Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. (April 8, 2020).
- Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. (April 3, 2020).
- Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. (April 3, 2020).
- Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak. (March 14, 2020).
News Releases
- U.S. Department of Labor Adopts Revised Enforcement Policies For Coronavirus. (May 19, 2020).
- ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic. (May 17, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Keep Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Facility Workers Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic. (May 14, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Help Keep Retail Pharmacy Workers Safe During the Coronavirus Pandemic. (May 14, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert for Rideshare, Taxi And Car Service Safety During Coronavirus Pandemic. (May 14, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Help Keep Dental Industry Practitioners Safe During the Coronavirus Pandemic. (May 11, 2020).
- ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic. (May 10, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Offers New Video and Poster On Proper Workplace Use of Respirators. (Mary 5, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Publishes 11 New Translations of OSHA Poster To Help Prevent Workplace Coronavirus Exposure. (May 4, 2020).
- ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic. (May 3, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Safety Alert for Restaurant, Food and Beverage Businesses Providing Curbside Pickup and Takeout Service. (May 1, 2020).
- Statement of Enforcement Policy by Solicitor of Labor Kate O’Scannlain and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for OSHA Loren Sweatt regarding Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities. (April 28, 2020).
- ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic. (April 26, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA and CDC Issue Interim Guidance To Protect Workers in Meatpacking and Processing Industries. (April 26, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Additional Respirator Guidance for Healthcare during the Coronavirus Pandemic. (April 24, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Help Keep Construction Workers Safe during the Coronavirus Pandemic. (April 21, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Considers Employer’s Good Faith Efforts When Enforcing Compliance During Coronavirus Pandemic. (April 16, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Help Keep Manufacturing Workers Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic. (April 16, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Announces OSHA Interim Enforcement Response Plan to Protect Workers during the Coronavirus Pandemic. (April 13, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Keep Package Delivery Workers Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic. (April 13, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Enforcement Guidance For Recording Cases of COVID-19. (April 10, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Alert to Keep Retail Workers Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic. (April 8, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic. (April 8, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Publishes New OSHA Poster Aimed At Reducing Workplace Exposure to the Coronavirus. (April 6, 2020).
- U.S. Department Of Labor Issues Guidance for Respirators Certified under Other Countries’ Standards During COVID-19 Pandemic. (April 3, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Guidance for Respiratory Protection During N95 Shortage Due to COVID-19 Pandemic. (April 3, 2020).
- 7th Annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls Postponed Due to COVID-19. (March 27, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Temporary Enforcement Guidance for Respirator Fit-Testing in Healthcare during COVID-19 Outbreak. (March 14, 2020).
- U.S. Department of Labor Offers Guidance For Preparing Workplaces for Coronavirus. (March 9, 2020).
Posters
- Seven Steps to Correctly Wear a Respirator at Work (Spanish). (May 5, 2020).
- Ten Steps All Workplaces Can Take to Reduce Risk of Exposure to Coronavirus Poster (Spanish). (April 6, 2020).
Publications
- Worker Exposure Risk to COVID-19 (Spanish). (March 24, 2020).
- Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (Spanish). (March 9, 2020).
Videos
- Assembly Lines. (Spanish). (May 2020).
- Delivery Safety (Spanish). (May 2020).
- Putting on and Taking off a Mask (Spanish). (May 2020).
- Drive-Thrus and Curbside Pickup. (April 2020).
- Don't Share the Virus (Spanish). (April 2020).
- Handwashing Practices to Keep Workers Safe (Spanish). (April 2020).
- Higher Risk Jobs Need Extra Protection to Keep Workers Safe (Spanish). (April 2020).
- Use the Right Tools to Clean Your Workplace (Spanish). (April 2020).
- Way to Increase Social Distancing at Work (Spanish). (April 2020).