Three bills in California of interest to the occupational safety and health community received amendments – some significant – and are moving ahead in the state legislature. The most extensive …
Legislation introduced would revise Cal/OSHA’s heat illness prevention standard to account for what the author calls “ultra-high heat” – 105ºF. Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) says the increase in days with …
The Department of Industrial Relations says its Labor Employment Task Force will lead a new initiative to inspect publicly funded housing construction sites. The aim is to ensure these projects …
Two bills, one new and the other left over from last year’s legislative season, would involve Cal/OSHA. AB 257, introduced by several Assembly members, takes aim at working conditions in …