President Biden Signs Executive Order Regarding Employers and COVID-19
January 27, 2021
President Biden has signed an Executive Order (EO) directing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to issue revised guidance to employers on pandemic-related workplace safety no later than February 4, 2021. The President also directed the DOL to consider and, if warranted, issue by March 15, 2021, any emergency temporary standards necessary to protect the workplace, such as requiring the wearing of masks in the workplace.
