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California Bill Would Require Employers to Continue Compensation for COVID-19–Positive Employees Excluded From Workplace
Quick Hits
- Legislation introduced in the California Assembly would require the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to adopt a standard requiring employers to continue pay and benefits for workers who are excluded from the workplace for COVID-19–related reasons.
- The bill would require the Standards Board to adopt regulations by February 3, 2025.
- The bill appears to be based on outdated state and federal health agency advice that has since been updated.
Background
Past versions of California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) COVID-19 regulations in both 2020 and 2021 had required employers to provide pay and benefits when employees were excluded from the workplace because of a COVID-19–positive test or symptoms. Those requirements were dropped from the current California COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Standards but have reappeared in the text of AB 3106.
Proposed Labor Code Revisions
AB 3106 would add Sections 9255–9257 to the Labor Code. Under proposed Section 9255, the term “COVID-19 case” is defined as “a person who has a positive COVID-19 test that has been approved or granted an emergency use authorization by the United States Food and Drug Administration to diagnose current infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.”
Proposed Labor Code Section 9256 would require that symptomatic COVID-19 cases be excluded from the workplace until the following specific return-to-work requirements are met:
- “At least 24 hours have passed since a fever of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher has resolved without the use of fever-reducing medications.”
- “COVID-19 symptoms have improved.”
- “At least 10 days have passed since COVID-19 symptoms first appeared.”
Employers would be required to continue and maintain the earnings, wages, seniority, and all other employee rights and benefits, including an employee’s right to his or her former job status, for any employee excluded from the workplace due to testing positive for, or presenting with the symptoms of, COVID-19. The proposed payment requirement’s only exception would be when an employee received disability payments or was covered by workers’ compensation and received temporary disability.
Proposed Labor Code Section 9257 would direct Cal/OSHA to enforce the provisions by issuing citations and civil penalties.
Ogletree Deakins’ Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group will continue to monitor developments with respect to AB 3106 and other pending or potential changes to the occupational safety and health laws and regulations for California employers and will provide updates on the firm’s California and Workplace Safety and Health blogs as additional information becomes available.
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More SoCal rallies for and against military action in Iran expected on Sunday and Monday
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Worshippers across Los Angeles were met with an increased law enforcement presence on Sunday as police and sheriff’s deputies stepped up patrols outside mosques, synagogues and cultural landmarks following the strikes on Iran.
Local officials said there are no credible threats to Southern California, but the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department heightened visibility as a precaution to ensure communities stay safe.
More demonstrations tied to the attack on Iran are expected Sunday and Monday. Several protests were held across Southern California on Saturday.
READ MORE | Rallies for and against military action in Iran draw demonstrators across Southern California
While Iranian-Americans celebrated in Westwood, protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles to oppose the Trump administration’s attacks against Iran.
While some groups gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest the strikes, others assembled in Westwood to celebrate “the fall of the Ayotollah,” according to organizers.
Authorities said they will continue monitoring events as the region prepares for additional gatherings in the days ahead.
This is a developing story. This article will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.
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Six planets to align in “planetary parade” above California. Here’s how to see it.
A rare celestial event will be taking place in the sky above California on Saturday night, as six planets are expected to be visible in what is being called a “planetary parade.”
Look towards the western horizon 30-60 minutes after sunset. Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn will all be lined up along an arc, visible to the naked eye creating a literal parade of planets.
The alignment only occurs every few years, with the next one not until 2028.
Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are frequently seen in the night sky, but the addition of Venus and Mercury make this planet lineup particularly noteworthy.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, there will be some cloud coverage Saturday evening, but it should be in the high levels of the atmosphere so hopefully the horizon remains clear. In Los Angeles and San Diego, the forecast is expected to be clear.
Meanwhile, the planetary parade may not be visible in the northern part of the state, with cloudy conditions expected Saturday night in Sacramento, and possible showers and thunderstorms in Eureka and Redding.
People with telescopes and binoculars will also be able to see Uranus and Neptune as well.
For amateur astronomers, this also would be a fun time to test out your telescope skills by checking out Jupiter’s many moons or Saturn’s rings.
Please note that if your view is obscured by buildings, trees or hills, you won’t see the parade because it will appear very low on the horizon.
The nontechnical term is Parade of Planets, but the technical term is planetary alignment. Basically, it’s just the name for what happens when the planets and sun line up in the sky, these happen during events called oppositions and conjunctions.
Opposition is the term for when a planet is directly opposite the Earth from the Sun. Meanwhile, conjunction is when they are aligned with each other and is when we get the best views of the planets.
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