On January 6, 2022, Cal/OSHA issued updated FAQs to incorporate new isolation and quarantine recommendations from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), which were also issued on January 6.

Until January 14, 2022, California employers subject to the ETS must follow the isolation and quarantine requirements set by the June 17, 2021 ETS.

As set forth in Cal/OSHA’s FAQs, on January 14, 2022, the CDPH’s recommendations set forth on January 6, 2022 will replace exclusion period and return to work requirements for all workers, and the following isolation and quarantine rules will apply to employers:

Exclusion requirements for employees who test positive for COVID-19 (isolation)

Any employees who test positive for COVID-19 (regardless of vaccination status, lack of symptoms or prior infections) must:

• Be excluded from the workplace for at least 5 days
• Isolation can end and employees may return to the workplace after day 5 if symptoms are not present or are resolving, and a diagnostic specimen (antigen test preferred) collected on day 5 or later tests negative.
• If an employee is unable or chooses not to test and their symptoms are not present or are resolving, isolation can end and the employee may return to the workplace after day 10.
• If an employee has a fever, isolation must continue and the employee may not return to work until the fever resolves.
• If an employee’s symptoms other than fever are not resolving, they may not return to work until their symptoms are...

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