Cal/OSHA, including the Enforcement Branch, the Consultation Service, and the Appeals and Standards Boards, will receive slight increases in the approved 2025-26 budget from what the governor proposed in May. The budget was finalized and signed into law at the end of June. The state Department of Finance recently released the details. The Cal/OSHA program …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is designated to get a 13% budget cut for the coming fiscal year under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May revise. The Division will also lose some hiring authorization for 66 unfilled positions, but few involve inspectors. Other parts of the Cal/OSHA program were spared cuts in the budget plan. …
Among the damage from cuts to, and reorganization of, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) isan issue near and dear to some of California’s wildland firefighters: A respirator for use in fighting the blazes. As Cal-OSHA Reporter reported in January, one of the prototype respirators field-tested in the summer of 2023 is …
Cal/OSHA is slated for a 17% budget decrease under the Governor’s proposed 2025-26 budget. That would mean a 13% decrease overall for the Division of Occupational Safety and Health compliance program, but it would also mean an increase for Cal/OSHA Consultation and the Standards and Appeals boards. The total proposed for DOSH (which includes the …
Cal/OSHA’s budget for the coming fiscal year calls for a 1% decrease, as confirmed by the governor’s May revise, but increases authorized positions. The final picture has yet to be drawn, though, as the state legislature must finalize the state budget by June 30th for the governor’s signature. The big question is, will the agency …
Although it would authorize about three new positions in fiscal 2024-25, the Cal/OSHA program is slated for a 5% budget decrease under Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget. Meanwhile, the Department of Industrial Relations is asking the state legislature for millions more for various safety and health-related projects. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health budget, …
The fund used to finance Cal/OSHA will increase for the 2022-23 fiscal year, but the assessments charged on top of employers’ workers’ comp premium will go down. Labor Code §§ 62.5 and 62.6 authorize DIR to assess employers for the cost of administering various programs. “These assessments provide a stable funding source to the support …
The budget passed by the California Legislature and signed by Governor Gavin Newsom calls for a 2% decrease in Cal/OSHA’s budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year. But the overall figure – more than $224 million – still represents a 30% increase from two years ago. Cal/OSHA’s budget is funded through several vehicles. Enforcement, as well …