tens, if not hundreds, of thousands.

If the workers get sick and die, who is going to look after their families?

They want the workers to take all of the risk and get zero reward

Tell that to the workers at the meat plants. Good luck with that.

There is strength in numbers.

This is dangerous but necessary. Regardless of when we come out of this (next week, next month or next year), there will be some level of risk to employers. If done properly, it will define that level of risk and make it enforcable.

In the case of OSHA, there are defined work environment safety rules. Even if all the rules are followed, people can still get hurt. But following the rules is generally the difference between an unfortunate accident and a negligent injury.

This has the potential to set those kinds of ground rules if applied properly. If a workplace does everything within a given set of guidelines, they should be afforded some protection against liability. If they don't, then they should be held accountable.

On the other hand, if this just gives blanket immunity without guidelines, then it will be a license to abuse workers.

Unfortunately, with this current leadership it will likely be the the latter and not the former.

Looks like some of us are looking to bail out in the lifeboats before they start filling up.

just proves they don't care about anybody. They only care about their bottom line. Greed is the deadliest sin.

That way business/insurance picks up the liability payments to a certain amount and then the Fed gov't covers the amount that's left. It's done in business all the time. "Gen Re" is a big insurance company that does this type of thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Re