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Strengthen Emergency Temporary Standard
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Dear Governor Northam, Thank you for asking your staff to draft an Emergency Temporary Standard to protect workers against COVID-19 in the workplace. Having a strong standard in place will make all of us safer. Unfortunately, proposals were adopted at the July 7th Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board meeting to undermine the standard by suggesting employers could follow CDC voluntary guidelines instead of enforcement standards. Please urge your two representatives on the Safety and Health Codes Board to restore the equivalency provision that says CDC guidelines can be followed only if they provide equal or greater protection than the VA COVID ETS. WIthout such an equivalency provision, the entire standard is undermined. Thank you.
