Employers Can Avoid More COVID Headaches by Treating All Workers as Unvaccinated, Expert Says

California’s COVID-19 workplace safety standards will remain in effect until January, but employers might be able to lessen their regulatory burden by treating all workers as unvaccinated, a risk management consultant said. Under the state’s temporary emergency standards — which were updated last month following an executive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom — most California employers no longer have to require workers to wear face coverings if they’ve been fully vaccinated. Many employers are free to let vaccinated workers take off their masks, but some companies ma...