Workforce
Keep Employees Safe From the Impacts of COVID-19
Shortly after the onset of COVID-19, OSHA provided guidance to employers; while the guidance is ever-changing, contractors should remain diligent and take reasonable steps to protect employees from the hazards.
By Jane Heidingsfelder
September 1, 2020
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by Jane Heidingsfelder
Jane Heidingsfelder is a partner in the labor and employment practice group in New Orleans. She has extensive experience representing construction industry employers before the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). She helps develop, implement and update safety and health policies and procedures as well as defends employers that have been issued citations and penalties by OSHA.
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