WASHINGTON – The Trump administration does not have to issue an emergency rule requiring employers to protect workers from the coronavirus, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declared that the Labor Department's workplace safety arm “reasonably determined” that an emergency rule "is not necessary at this time.''A top labor union sued the Occupational Health and Safety Administration last month seeking to compel it to issue an emergency temporary standard on the coronavirus.The AFL-CIO said in filing the suit that tens of thousands of workers have been infected on the job through exposure to infected patients, co-workers and.