During the employer-focused law firm Conn Maciel Carey’s July 22 “mid-year review of OSHA developments,” attorney Eric Conn predicted that the Senate will confirm Parker as the agency’s next head as soon as August, and that once in office he could reconsider the decision to limit the COVID-19 ETS to the healthcare sector only rather than all industries as union and safety groups sought.
“With Doug Parker confirmed, I wouldn’t be terribly surprised to see the agency revisit its decision to issue a narrow, healthcare-industry-only rule,” Conn said.
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Conn said on the July 22 webcast that Parker’s Cal/OSHA tenure has been aggressive on several fronts, but especially COVID-19. Employers have assailed the state ETS as both overbroad and too slow to wind down in response to the widespread availability of vaccines.
“Cal/OSHA’s standard was the most onerous of any that we’ve seen. . . . We know what his position is on this, so who knows what will happen if he is confirmed while we’re still battling the Delta variant,” Conn said.
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