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Due to Stay at Home Orders begining to expire, many States are issuing guidelines of how they will re-opening the economy. Find out how your State is re-opening here.

The Providences and Territories of Canada are issuing guidelines of how they are re-opening the economy. Find specific information about your area here.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has translated and published its “Ten Steps All Workplaces Can Take to Reduce Risk of Exposure to Coronavirus” poster in 11 additional languages.

The bill, "An Act To Support and Increase the Recycling of Packaging", to impose an Extended Producer Responsibility program to paper and packaging that was introduced in this year’s legislative session has failed to pass. Read more here.

Due to changes in Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations covering walking and working surfaces, ladders, and fall protection requirements, the Washington Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) revised their rules to meet the federal requirements. Read here for more details.

The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added six additional symptoms to the initial list of three identified when the pandemic first broke. Read here for more details.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is continuing its efforts to provide critical information on surface disinfectant products that can be used to protect the health of all Americans throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency. EPA now has nearly 400 products that have qualified to be effective against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Read here for more information.

Throughout the country, States have been implementing “Shelter in Place” or “Stay at Home” Orders as a response to the current COVID-19 Pandemic. The expirations dates for these orders vary State-to-State and in some instances are to be determined. Read here for more information.

In response to employers having difficulty meeting their compliance obligations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a new interim guidance on enforcement of certain OSHA regulations during the pandemic. Read here for more information.

Due to overwhelming number of complaints that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has received regarding concerns from workers in essential businesses, the agency, issued on April 13, 2020, an Interim Enforcement Response Plan to its compliance personnel regarding conducting inspections during the pandemic. Read here for more details.