Beginning in January 2021, California employers will be required to notify employees, and in some cases health authorities, about potential COVID exposures. In signing AB 685, Governor Gavin Newsom also …
Four safety-related COVID-19 bills have been passed and sent to Governor Gavin Newsom. AB 2043, for instance, is aimed at better informing farmer laborers about COVID protections. The measure by …
California Governor Gavin Newsom is ordering Californians to wear face coverings in most indoor settings – including offices and clients calls – and many outdoor ones. New guidance from the …
Even well-trained and experienced employees make assumptions and mistakes out of control of the employer that get them hurt and killed. A 2019 workplace fatality illustrates the need for employer …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is issuing guidance for employers and safety professionals in several sectors with particular issues related to COVID-19. The latest include agriculture, nursing homes …
Employer representatives are asking Cal/OSHA to temporarily halt enforcement of the respirator requirements of the rule on employee protection from wildfire smoke. They reason the urgent needs of healthcare in …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will vote to readopt the emergency regulation on wildfire smoke protections at its March 19th meeting in Pasadena. And, like other organizations throughout the state, nation …
So far, California has six of the 12 cases of 2019-nCoV – novel coronavirus – in the United States, and health officials here expect more. California’s situation is a little …