Court Told Ergonomics Standard Is Good Law

SAN FRANCISCO - The Attorney General's office, representing the Cal-OSH Standards Board, has filed its response to the California Labor Federation's petition to the court to overturn the new ergonomics standard. The major problem, according to the response, is that the labor petitioners confuse workers' compensation law with the Labor Code provisions that empower the Standards Board.Workers' comp and occupational safety and health are distinct and separate programs. "The Labor Code considers cost to em