Vaccinated California employees face workplace restrictions

By DON THOMPSON
Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s workplace regulators are extending the state’s coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with some revisions that employers say could worsen the labor shortage. The move Thursday was criticized by business groups and hailed by labor advocates. The revised rules require that vaccinated but asymptomatic workers who come in close contact with someone infected with the virus must wear masks and stay 6 feet (1.8 meters) from others for 14 days if they return to work. An unvaccinated worker who comes in close contact with someone infected with the virus still must quarantine for two weeks.