Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Labor and Industry
 
Board
Safety and Health Codes Board
 
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12/17/20  5:11 am
Commenter: Wayne S Teel

worker safety
 

Covid-19 is a wake up call telling us that we do not have any adequate response to a broad health care emergency.  Much of it was due to having inadequate worker safety standards in place that employers were required to follow.  Employers naturally cut costs often at the expense of workers.  Workers need regulatory protection or they become vulnerable if accepted epidemiological standards are not followed.  Therefore we need to mandate that the standards developed with learning from Covid-19 are followed in future events.  I strongly encourage you to work with the CDC (under Biden, not Trump) and develop these worker safety standard to keep workers safe during pandemics.

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