Matthew Haynes

Matthew Haynes is an Insurance and Work Safety Compliance professional, specializing in regulatory and legislative impacts within property and casualty insurance, OSHA and worksite safety, and COVID-19 workplace requirements.

WORX Content from this Author

An employee wipes his computer keyboard with a disinfectant, part of his workplace safety plan under the NY HERO Act.

NY HERO Act Requires New State Safety Requirements for Private-Sector Employers

Businesses in New York are required to adopt a plan under the NY HERO Act that they could immediately implement to help protect workers in the presence of a highly contagious, airborne, infectious disease.

Nurses at hospitals are among the healthcare workers that the new OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard aims to protect because they are at the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 while at work.

OSHA Announces Healthcare Settings Emergency Temporary Standard Changes

OSHA's new emergency temporary standard specifically for healthcare settings provides guidance intended to protect healthcare workers with the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 while on the job. The agency recently withdrew some of the requirements.