--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | VOSH description: VOSH | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [Virginia adopts first standard specifically requiring workplace protections against COVID](https://blog.stpub.com/virginia-adopts-first-standard-specifically-requiring-workplace-protections-against-covid) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, Jul 22, 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Virginia3.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/virginia-adopts-first-standard-specifically-requiring-workplace-protections-against-covid) In recent months, worker protection and public health agencies have issued increasingly stringent and detailed *guidelines *for employers to follow to reduce worker exposures to COVID-19. I’ve written about a number of these, including [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-employees-against-coronavirus-at-operating-workplaces) and [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-issues-new-post-covid-back-to-work-guidance). Over the same months, many workplaces have also been affected by state and local government mandates designed to protect public health in places the public (at least previously) frequent – these include temporary closures of many types of organizations, and restrictions such as masks at others. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/virginia-adopts-first-standard-specifically-requiring-workplace-protections-against-covid) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/virginia-adopts-first-standard-specifically-requiring-workplace-protections-against-covid#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [Coronavirus](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/coronavirus), [CDC](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cdc), [Safety and Health at Work](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-and-health-at-work), [Covid-19](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/covid-19), [VOSH](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/vosh), [DOLI](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/doli), [PPE](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ppe), [Virginia](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/virginia) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved