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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released on Monday guidance to help employers prepare their workplaces for an outbreak of COVID-19 — along with a reminder that any incidents of employees contracting the novel coronavirus at work are recordable illnesses, subject to the same rules and failure-to-record fines as other workplace injuries and illnesses.

OSHA reminds employers COVID-19 is a recordable illness - Business Insurance The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released on Monday guidance to help employers prepare their workplaces for an outbreak of COVID-19 — along with a reminder that any incidents of employees contracting the novel coronavirus at work are recordable illnesses, subject to the same rules...

All Sacramento County residents are being asked to stay at home to prevent further spread of COVID-19.

On Tuesday afternoon, county officials released their strictest guidelines yet, advising all residents to work from home, and for employers to implement telecommuting.

“Only those employees performing essential duties that cannot be performed by telecommuting should physically come to work,” the guidelines state.

The county also called for individuals over age 65, and those with chronic health conditions, to stay at home.

As of Tuesday morning, Sacramento County had 40 positive cases of COVID-19, including two people who have died from the virus. The statewide total of confirmed positive cases reached 472, as of Monday night.

County directs residents to stay home, workers to telecommute - Sacramento Business Journal County officials released their strictest guidelines yet, advising all residents to work from home, and for employers to implement telecommuting.