Workers install piping for underground electrical lines in Sacramento, Wednesday, April 20. California workplace regulators are poised to extend mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022, more than two months after state lawmakers restored similar benefits through September. AP photo/Rich Pedroncelli photo
Don ThompsonThe Associated PressCalifornia workplace regulators extended mandatory pay Thursday, April 21, for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022, acting more than two months after state lawmakers restored similar benefits through September.The decision pitted management against labor as the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board renewed revised workplace safety rules that would otherwise have expired in early May.“I don’t think we’re done with this yet,” board chair David Thomas said of the pandemic. “There’s going to be a surge in a week or so. This is the best … protection we have.”Laura Stock, an occupational safety representative on the board, echoed employee advocates who lobbied board members to continue special pr
