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Amanda Kellar

Mon, May 18, 2020 7:29 PM

The Harvard Labor and Worklife Program and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) have jointly issued a briefing on what states and localities can do to protect workplace safety and health.

The briefing:

Outlines key elements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act;
Provides a legal analysis of when OSHA does and does not preempt state or local legislation or action; and
provides specific examples of how states and localities can protect workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

To access the briefing, click here: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp_0.pdf

I am going to see if the author wants to join us for 10-15 minutes to discuss this on one of our next COVID-19 working group calls and will update you if she is available.

Thanks,

Amanda

[photo]

Amanda Kellar
Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy
International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc.

A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850
[cid:image003.jpg@01D62D29.17FB1BD0]http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/ [cid:image004.jpg@01D62D29.17FB1BD0] http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./ [cid:image005.jpg@01D62D29.17FB1BD0] http://twitter.com/imlalegal [cid:image006.jpg@01D62D29.17FB1BD0] http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation
P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116

W www.imla.org http://www.imla.org/
Plan Ahead!

IMLA's 85th Annual Conferencehttp://imla.org/events/conferences, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA!
IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminarhttps://imla.org/events/seminars, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

The Harvard Labor and Worklife Program and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) have jointly issued a briefing on what states and localities can do to protect workplace safety and health. The briefing: - Outlines key elements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act; - Provides a legal analysis of when OSHA does and does not preempt state or local legislation or action; and - provides specific examples of how states and localities can protect workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. To access the briefing, click here: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp_0.pdf I am going to see if the author wants to join us for 10-15 minutes to discuss this on one of our next COVID-19 working group calls and will update you if she is available. Thanks, Amanda [photo] Amanda Kellar Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850 [cid:image003.jpg@01D62D29.17FB1BD0]<http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/> [cid:image004.jpg@01D62D29.17FB1BD0] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [cid:image005.jpg@01D62D29.17FB1BD0] <http://twitter.com/imlalegal> [cid:image006.jpg@01D62D29.17FB1BD0] <http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation> P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116 W www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 85th Annual Conference<http://imla.org/events/conferences>, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA! IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/events/seminars>, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

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Amanda Kellar

Tue, May 26, 2020 4:19 PM

Good afternoon,

Terri Gerstein, the Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project will be joining us on today's COVID-19 working group call to discuss the workplace safety briefing her organization and NELP jointly put out and which I circulated last week (see below). I asked her to talk to the group for 10-15 minutes about this and then she can answer questions, if you have any.

We will still have plenty of time for our regular discussion and Q&A regarding other issues you are facing. But given that many localities are considering reopening plans for employees, we thought this would be a helpful discussion.

Thanks,

Amanda

[photo]

Amanda Kellar
Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy
International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc.

A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850
[cid:image008.jpg@01D63356.92226520]http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/ [cid:image009.jpg@01D63356.92226520] http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./ [cid:image010.jpg@01D63356.92226520] http://twitter.com/imlalegal [cid:image011.jpg@01D63356.92226520] http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation
P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116

W www.imla.org http://www.imla.org/
Plan Ahead!

IMLA's 85th Annual Conferencehttp://imla.org/events/conferences, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA!
IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminarhttps://imla.org/events/seminars, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

From: Disasterrelief disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 3:29 PM
To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org
Subject: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19

The Harvard Labor and Worklife Program and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) have jointly issued a briefing on what states and localities can do to protect workplace safety and health.

The briefing:

Outlines key elements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act;
Provides a legal analysis of when OSHA does and does not preempt state or local legislation or action; and
provides specific examples of how states and localities can protect workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

To access the briefing, click here: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp_0.pdf

I am going to see if the author wants to join us for 10-15 minutes to discuss this on one of our next COVID-19 working group calls and will update you if she is available.

Thanks,

Amanda

[photo]

Amanda Kellar
Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy
International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc.

A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850
[cid:image008.jpg@01D63356.92226520]http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/ [cid:image009.jpg@01D63356.92226520] http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./ [cid:image010.jpg@01D63356.92226520] http://twitter.com/imlalegal [cid:image011.jpg@01D63356.92226520] http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation
P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116

W www.imla.org http://www.imla.org/
Plan Ahead!

IMLA's 85th Annual Conferencehttp://imla.org/events/conferences, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA!
IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminarhttps://imla.org/events/seminars, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

Good afternoon, Terri Gerstein, the Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project will be joining us on today's COVID-19 working group call to discuss the workplace safety briefing her organization and NELP jointly put out and which I circulated last week (see below). I asked her to talk to the group for 10-15 minutes about this and then she can answer questions, if you have any. We will still have plenty of time for our regular discussion and Q&A regarding other issues you are facing. But given that many localities are considering reopening plans for employees, we thought this would be a helpful discussion. Thanks, Amanda [photo] Amanda Kellar Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850 [cid:image008.jpg@01D63356.92226520]<http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/> [cid:image009.jpg@01D63356.92226520] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [cid:image010.jpg@01D63356.92226520] <http://twitter.com/imlalegal> [cid:image011.jpg@01D63356.92226520] <http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation> P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116 W www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 85th Annual Conference<http://imla.org/events/conferences>, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA! IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/events/seminars>, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC! From: Disasterrelief <disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org> On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 3:29 PM To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org Subject: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19 The Harvard Labor and Worklife Program and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) have jointly issued a briefing on what states and localities can do to protect workplace safety and health. The briefing: - Outlines key elements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act; - Provides a legal analysis of when OSHA does and does not preempt state or local legislation or action; and - provides specific examples of how states and localities can protect workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. To access the briefing, click here: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp_0.pdf I am going to see if the author wants to join us for 10-15 minutes to discuss this on one of our next COVID-19 working group calls and will update you if she is available. Thanks, Amanda [photo] Amanda Kellar Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850 [cid:image008.jpg@01D63356.92226520]<http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/> [cid:image009.jpg@01D63356.92226520] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [cid:image010.jpg@01D63356.92226520] <http://twitter.com/imlalegal> [cid:image011.jpg@01D63356.92226520] <http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation> P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116 W www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 85th Annual Conference<http://imla.org/events/conferences>, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA! IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/events/seminars>, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

AK

Amanda Kellar

Tue, May 26, 2020 4:37 PM

Sorry for the follow-up email. It looks like the link changed from my original email to access the briefing. This one works now: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp.pdf

[photo]

Amanda Kellar
Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy
International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc.

A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850
[cid:image003.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80]http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/ [cid:image004.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./ [cid:image005.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] http://twitter.com/imlalegal [cid:image006.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation
P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116

W www.imla.org http://www.imla.org/
Plan Ahead!

IMLA's 85th Annual Conferencehttp://imla.org/events/conferences, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA!
IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminarhttps://imla.org/events/seminars, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

From: Disasterrelief disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 12:20 PM
To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org
Subject: Re: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19

Good afternoon,

Terri Gerstein, the Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project will be joining us on today's COVID-19 working group call to discuss the workplace safety briefing her organization and NELP jointly put out and which I circulated last week (see below). I asked her to talk to the group for 10-15 minutes about this and then she can answer questions, if you have any.

We will still have plenty of time for our regular discussion and Q&A regarding other issues you are facing. But given that many localities are considering reopening plans for employees, we thought this would be a helpful discussion.

Thanks,

Amanda

[photo]

Amanda Kellar
Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy
International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc.

A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850
[cid:image003.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80]http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/ [cid:image004.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./ [cid:image005.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] http://twitter.com/imlalegal [cid:image006.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation
P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116

W www.imla.org http://www.imla.org/
Plan Ahead!

IMLA's 85th Annual Conferencehttp://imla.org/events/conferences, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA!
IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminarhttps://imla.org/events/seminars, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

From: Disasterrelief disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 3:29 PM
To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org
Subject: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19

The Harvard Labor and Worklife Program and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) have jointly issued a briefing on what states and localities can do to protect workplace safety and health.

The briefing:

Outlines key elements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act;
Provides a legal analysis of when OSHA does and does not preempt state or local legislation or action; and
provides specific examples of how states and localities can protect workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

To access the briefing, click here: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp_0.pdf

I am going to see if the author wants to join us for 10-15 minutes to discuss this on one of our next COVID-19 working group calls and will update you if she is available.

Thanks,

Amanda

[photo]

Amanda Kellar
Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy
International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc.

A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850
[cid:image003.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80]http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/ [cid:image004.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./ [cid:image005.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] http://twitter.com/imlalegal [cid:image006.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation
P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116

W www.imla.org http://www.imla.org/
Plan Ahead!

IMLA's 85th Annual Conferencehttp://imla.org/events/conferences, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA!
IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminarhttps://imla.org/events/seminars, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

Sorry for the follow-up email. It looks like the link changed from my original email to access the briefing. This one works now: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp.pdf [photo] Amanda Kellar Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850 [cid:image003.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80]<http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/> [cid:image004.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [cid:image005.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] <http://twitter.com/imlalegal> [cid:image006.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] <http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation> P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116 W www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 85th Annual Conference<http://imla.org/events/conferences>, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA! IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/events/seminars>, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC! From: Disasterrelief <disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org> On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 12:20 PM To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org Subject: Re: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19 Good afternoon, Terri Gerstein, the Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project will be joining us on today's COVID-19 working group call to discuss the workplace safety briefing her organization and NELP jointly put out and which I circulated last week (see below). I asked her to talk to the group for 10-15 minutes about this and then she can answer questions, if you have any. We will still have plenty of time for our regular discussion and Q&A regarding other issues you are facing. But given that many localities are considering reopening plans for employees, we thought this would be a helpful discussion. Thanks, Amanda [photo] Amanda Kellar Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850 [cid:image003.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80]<http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/> [cid:image004.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [cid:image005.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] <http://twitter.com/imlalegal> [cid:image006.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] <http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation> P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116 W www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 85th Annual Conference<http://imla.org/events/conferences>, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA! IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/events/seminars>, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC! From: Disasterrelief <disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org> On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 3:29 PM To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org Subject: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19 The Harvard Labor and Worklife Program and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) have jointly issued a briefing on what states and localities can do to protect workplace safety and health. The briefing: - Outlines key elements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act; - Provides a legal analysis of when OSHA does and does not preempt state or local legislation or action; and - provides specific examples of how states and localities can protect workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. To access the briefing, click here: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp_0.pdf I am going to see if the author wants to join us for 10-15 minutes to discuss this on one of our next COVID-19 working group calls and will update you if she is available. Thanks, Amanda [photo] Amanda Kellar Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850 [cid:image003.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80]<http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/> [cid:image004.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [cid:image005.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] <http://twitter.com/imlalegal> [cid:image006.jpg@01D6335A.639DAF80] <http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation> P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116 W www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 85th Annual Conference<http://imla.org/events/conferences>, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA! IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/events/seminars>, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

AK

Amanda Kellar

Tue, May 26, 2020 5:45 PM

One last point of clarification before today's call. I spoke to Terri and her background is on the enforcement side, so she will address the portions of the paper that are focused on local governments' ability to enforce health and safety laws for businesses that are reopening and ways to address unsafe working conditions as businesses reopen in your communities. We can have someone else on (and Terri has some suggestions) who can discuss the perspective of the local government as the employer.

[photo]

Amanda Kellar
Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy
International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc.

A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850
[cid:image008.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0]http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/ [cid:image009.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./ [cid:image010.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://twitter.com/imlalegal [cid:image011.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation
P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116

W www.imla.org http://www.imla.org/
Plan Ahead!

IMLA's 85th Annual Conferencehttp://imla.org/events/conferences, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA!
IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminarhttps://imla.org/events/seminars, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

From: Disasterrelief disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 12:37 PM
To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org
Subject: Re: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19

Sorry for the follow-up email. It looks like the link changed from my original email to access the briefing. This one works now: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp.pdf

[photo]

Amanda Kellar
Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy
International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc.

A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850
[cid:image008.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0]http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/ [cid:image009.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./ [cid:image010.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://twitter.com/imlalegal [cid:image011.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation
P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116

W www.imla.org http://www.imla.org/
Plan Ahead!

IMLA's 85th Annual Conferencehttp://imla.org/events/conferences, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA!
IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminarhttps://imla.org/events/seminars, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

From: Disasterrelief disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 12:20 PM
To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org
Subject: Re: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19

Good afternoon,

Terri Gerstein, the Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project will be joining us on today's COVID-19 working group call to discuss the workplace safety briefing her organization and NELP jointly put out and which I circulated last week (see below). I asked her to talk to the group for 10-15 minutes about this and then she can answer questions, if you have any.

We will still have plenty of time for our regular discussion and Q&A regarding other issues you are facing. But given that many localities are considering reopening plans for employees, we thought this would be a helpful discussion.

Thanks,

Amanda

[photo]

Amanda Kellar
Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy
International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc.

A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850
[cid:image008.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0]http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/ [cid:image009.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./ [cid:image010.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://twitter.com/imlalegal [cid:image011.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation
P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116

W www.imla.org http://www.imla.org/
Plan Ahead!

IMLA's 85th Annual Conferencehttp://imla.org/events/conferences, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA!
IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminarhttps://imla.org/events/seminars, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

From: Disasterrelief disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 3:29 PM
To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org
Subject: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19

The Harvard Labor and Worklife Program and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) have jointly issued a briefing on what states and localities can do to protect workplace safety and health.

The briefing:

Outlines key elements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act;
Provides a legal analysis of when OSHA does and does not preempt state or local legislation or action; and
provides specific examples of how states and localities can protect workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

To access the briefing, click here: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp_0.pdf

I am going to see if the author wants to join us for 10-15 minutes to discuss this on one of our next COVID-19 working group calls and will update you if she is available.

Thanks,

Amanda

[photo]

Amanda Kellar
Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy
International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc.

A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850
[cid:image008.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0]http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/ [cid:image009.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./ [cid:image010.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://twitter.com/imlalegal [cid:image011.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation
P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116

W www.imla.org http://www.imla.org/
Plan Ahead!

IMLA's 85th Annual Conferencehttp://imla.org/events/conferences, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA!
IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminarhttps://imla.org/events/seminars, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC!

One last point of clarification before today's call. I spoke to Terri and her background is on the enforcement side, so she will address the portions of the paper that are focused on local governments' ability to enforce health and safety laws for businesses that are reopening and ways to address unsafe working conditions as businesses reopen in your communities. We can have someone else on (and Terri has some suggestions) who can discuss the perspective of the local government as the employer. [photo] Amanda Kellar Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850 [cid:image008.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0]<http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/> [cid:image009.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [cid:image010.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://twitter.com/imlalegal> [cid:image011.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation> P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116 W www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 85th Annual Conference<http://imla.org/events/conferences>, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA! IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/events/seminars>, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC! From: Disasterrelief <disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org> On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 12:37 PM To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org Subject: Re: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19 Sorry for the follow-up email. It looks like the link changed from my original email to access the briefing. This one works now: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp.pdf [photo] Amanda Kellar Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850 [cid:image008.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0]<http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/> [cid:image009.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [cid:image010.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://twitter.com/imlalegal> [cid:image011.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation> P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116 W www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 85th Annual Conference<http://imla.org/events/conferences>, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA! IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/events/seminars>, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC! From: Disasterrelief <disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org> On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 12:20 PM To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org Subject: Re: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19 Good afternoon, Terri Gerstein, the Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project will be joining us on today's COVID-19 working group call to discuss the workplace safety briefing her organization and NELP jointly put out and which I circulated last week (see below). I asked her to talk to the group for 10-15 minutes about this and then she can answer questions, if you have any. We will still have plenty of time for our regular discussion and Q&A regarding other issues you are facing. But given that many localities are considering reopening plans for employees, we thought this would be a helpful discussion. Thanks, Amanda [photo] Amanda Kellar Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850 [cid:image008.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0]<http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/> [cid:image009.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [cid:image010.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://twitter.com/imlalegal> [cid:image011.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation> P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116 W www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 85th Annual Conference<http://imla.org/events/conferences>, September 23-27 in La Quinta, CA! IMLA's 2021 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/events/seminars>, April 23-26, 2021 in Washington, DC! From: Disasterrelief <disasterrelief-bounces@lists.imla.org> On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 3:29 PM To: Disasterrelief@lists.imla.org Subject: [Disasterrelief] Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19 The Harvard Labor and Worklife Program and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) have jointly issued a briefing on what states and localities can do to protect workplace safety and health. The briefing: - Outlines key elements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act; - Provides a legal analysis of when OSHA does and does not preempt state or local legislation or action; and - provides specific examples of how states and localities can protect workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. To access the briefing, click here: https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/files/lwp/files/state_local_workplace_protection_lwp_nelp_0.pdf I am going to see if the author wants to join us for 10-15 minutes to discuss this on one of our next COVID-19 working group calls and will update you if she is available. Thanks, Amanda [photo] Amanda Kellar Deputy General Counsel / Director of Legal Advocacy International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. A 51 Monroe St., Suite 404, Rockville, MD, 20850 [cid:image008.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0]<http://www.facebook.com/IMLA-259977855541/> [cid:image009.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [cid:image010.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://twitter.com/imlalegal> [cid:image011.jpg@01D63363.7EF347A0] <http://soundcloud.com/internationalmunicipallawyersassociation> P (202) 466-5424 ext. 7116 W www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! 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Workplace safety in the Era of COVID 19