{"id":19744,"date":"2021-05-13T21:25:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T21:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/13\/committee-passes-bill-requiring-employee-safety-plans-prior-to-reopening\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:49:22","slug":"committee-passes-bill-requiring-employee-safety-plans-prior-to-reopening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2021\/05\/13\/committee-passes-bill-requiring-employee-safety-plans-prior-to-reopening\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee passes bill requiring employee safety plans prior to reopening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal agencies would be required to publish comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2021\/02\/19\/agencies-begin-to-issue-new-covid-safety-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\">employee safety plans<\/a> prior to instituting return-to-work efforts under legislation reported favorably by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee May 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill, named the Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act after a food service worker at a childcare facility at Quantico that died of COVID-19, would give agencies 60 days to publish a plan for how they intend to address personal protective equipment, testing, contract tracing and other safety procedures for any of their covered worksites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo me this is a very somber commitment to a constituent who died needlessly at the beginning of the pandemic,\u201d said Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cConfusion and uncertainty emerged as two of the largest contributing factors to Chai\u2019s death. Uncertainty on best practices at the time and agency policies and the general lack of communication with federal workforce staff led to his death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Connolly, the bill is necessary because not all agencies have heeded workplace safety guidance, as evidenced by a recent Inspector General finding that OPM facilities did not require face coverings, despite medical consensus that they were an effective tool for mitigating the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis legislation, sponsored by Rep. 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