Cal/OSHA Without Standards, Appeals Boards? That’s What State Performance – Review Suggests

UKIAH -- The Cal/OSH Appeals Board has been resource-depleted for years, working a board member short for half a decade and steadily losing administrative law judges (ALJ). This and a glut of appeals filed because of AB 1127 have led to a backlog of cases. Considering the circumstances it has to work under, the board can be seen as a model of efficiency.But under a plan recently announced by the California Performance Review (CPR) commission, the Appeals Board is seen as part of an inefficient