For the past two years, California workplace regulators have tried to slow the spread of the coronavirus by requiring infected workers to stay home while also guaranteeing them they would still be …
By ADAM BEAM | The Associated Press
But Thursday, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted to end that rule in 2023 — in part because the rule has become harder to enforce. Only people who caught the virus while at work are eligible to keep getting paid. But the coronavirus is now so widespread that it’s much harder to tell where someone got sick.
Regulators will soon begin working on permanent rules, and Thursday several board members promised to make sure the permanent rules include a requirement for sick workers to keep getting paid.
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