See title 8 section 14300.5 for details and the exceptions.

Whether the employee had work-related contact with anyone who exhibited signs and symptoms of COVID-19.

Physical distancing and other controls that impact the likelihood of work-related exposure.

The type, extent and duration of contact the employee had at the work environment with other people, particularly the general public.

Employers should consider factors such as:

If there is not a known exposure that would trigger the presumption of work-relatedness, the employer must evaluate the employeeвЂ™s work duties and environment to determine the likelihood that the employee was exposed during the course of their employment. Given the diseaseвЂ™s incubation period of 3 to 14 days, exposures will usually be determined after the fact. An injury or illness is presumed to be work-related if it results from events or exposures occurring in the work environment unless an exception in section 14300.5(b)(2) specifically applies.ДЄ work-related exposure in the work environment would include interaction with people known to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) working in the same area where people known to have been carrying SARS-CoV-2 had been or sharing tools, materials or vehicles with persons known to have been carrying SARS-CoV-2. For recordkeeping purposes, an injury or illness is considered work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition, or significantly aggravated a pre-existing injury or illness.

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