Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Labor and Industry
 
Board
Safety and Health Codes Board
 
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6/22/20  12:00 pm
Commenter: Christopher Taggart

Emergency Infectious Disease Regulations
 

These one-size fits all regulations make compliance impractical and burdensome for a highly mobile workforce like the trucking industry. The trucking industry has continued to provide essential transportation services during the pandemic by making commonsense adjustments to its operations, both on the road and within its shops and offices, to provide the highest and most practical level of safeguards for their employees to protect them from COVID-19. These regulations are unnecessary, since employers have guidance from CDC, OSHA, VDH, and others, and are already subject to investigation and enforcement action by the Department of Labor & Industry. To meet the challenge of the critical role trucking will play as we reopen and turn toward economic recovery, the industry cannot be hindered with burdensome, impractical and unnecessary regulations such as these proposed emergency regulations.

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