NWRA urges CDC and OSHA to clarify guidance for fully vaccinated workers

The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) has joined other organizations in a letter to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), urging the agencies to clarify new guidance for fully vaccinated people related to returning to the workplace.

The latest CDC guidance does not require fully vaccinated people to wear a mask or practice physical distancing in any setting “except where required by federal, state, local, tribal or territorial laws, rules and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance.”

“As more people become vaccinated, it is important that employers have clear guidance to ensure safe re-entry into the workplace,” NWRA President and CEO Darrell Smith says. “We urge the CDC and OSHA to bring clarity to the new guidance.”