Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Recordkeeping Rule Remains in Effect
Most of Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Non-Emergency Regulations ended earlier this month, on February 3, 2025, including most of the general COVID-19 Prevention rule, [1] and the rules for COVID-19 Outbreaks [2] and COVID-19 Prevention in Employer-Provided Transportation. [3] As Cal/OSHA noted in their February 4, 2025, News Release: “[T]here is no longer a specific set of regulatory requirements relating to COVID-19 prevention in the workplace.” [4] However, Cal/OSHA’s Non-Emergency Regulations for reporting and recordkeeping requirements remain in effect through February 3, 2026. History California employers have navigated legal requirements about COVID-19 prevention since March 2020. Among the patchwork of federal, state, and local prevention laws were Cal/OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). When Cal/OSHA’s Non-Emergency Regulations replaced the ETS in February 2023, most of the requirements were scheduled to sunset in two years, although the accompanying repor...