The Case for Revising California’s Ergonomics Standard – Or Not

OAKLAND -- Advocates and opponents of revising California's ergonomics regulation laid out their cases Nov. 15 at a "working group" convened by the Cal/OSH Standards Board. The board formed the group to help guide it in its decision on what to do about a petition by the California Labor Federation (CLF) to substantially revise the standard, which has been in effect since the late 1990s. Whether or not either of the sets of arg