Cal/OSHA will convene a legislatively mandated advisory committee to start studying the effects of heat on Californiaâs work environment. AB 1643, signed into law last year, establishes the committee to look at the effects of heat on employees, businesses, and the economy. It is to report back to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. The …
A bill allowing local city and district attorneys to pursue civil and criminal prosecutions against employers for labor law violations is being drastically narrowed in scope. Assemblyman Brian Maienschein (D-San Diego) announced during AB 594âs first hearing that he is eliminating workersâ compensation and workplace safety and health (Cal/OSHA) from the billâs scope. âWe will …
There is both new and old on the California occupational safety and health legislation front, with several bills kicking off the legislative season. For new legislation, AB 521 by Assemblyman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-San Ramon) wades into the issue of bathroom equity. âWomen are underrepresented in the trades and face numerous barriers on job sites,â the …
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1643, which requires the state Labor and Workforce Development Agency to study the effects of extreme heat on the economy and workforce. The bill by Assemblyman Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) requires LWDA to convene quarterly advisory committees to study the potential effects of heat at least 105ÂșF on employees, …
This week, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board held a public hearing on the non-emergency version of the COVID regulation, General Industry Safety Orders §3205. The hearing and regulation come now post-pandemic when the disease has become endemic, and while few who catch it suffer serious injury. It has essentially become another flu, according to medical doctors …
Three bills of interest to the occupational safety and health community have made it to the governorâs desk. The legislature has approved a watered-down version of AB 1643 by Assemblyman Robert Rivas, D-Salinas, which initially would have required the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to convene an advisory committee at least quarterly to study the …
Four pieces of legislation related to occupational safety and health are facing final votes in the state legislature and could soon be on the governorâs desk. AB 2693, by Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino), extends Cal/OSHAâs Division of Occupational Safety and Healthâs authority for two years to issue an Order Prohibiting Use over COVID hazards. Current …
Three bills in California of interest to the occupational safety and health community received amendments â some significant â and are moving ahead in the state legislature. The most extensive changes are to AB 1820, by Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno), which as originally written, would have required Cal/OSHA to establish a Labor Trafficking Unit and …