A group of retail industry interests led by the National Retail Federation are at odds with labor advocates as the Biden Administration prepares to announce new COVID-19 workplace safety guidelines, according to a new report from S&P Global.
Early this year, Biden issued an executive order requiring OSHA to issue emergency temporary standards—the first such release in 40 years—for COVID-19 by March 15.
The NRF is fretting about the potential cost and scope of the new regs, while labor advocates say uniform standards are critical to protect front-line retail workers. And for some, the guidelines are sorely overdue.
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