Retailer Group Seeks Cal/OSHA Clarification on – “Working Warehouses”

SACRAMENTO -- An association representing department stores, supermarkets, chain drugstores and other retail establishments has petitioned the Cal/OSH Standards Board for a regulation that would clarify requirements recently added to the state Labor Code regarding so-called "working warehouses."The California Retailers Association (CRA) has proposed language in the wake of SB 486, which became law Jan. 1, 2002. It requires owners, managers and operators of working warehouses to secure merchandise sto