Strains of COVID Tightening
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in California and throughout the nation, there’s a new cause to worry. New variants of the virus have emerged. They are the Great Britain …
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in California and throughout the nation, there’s a new cause to worry. New variants of the virus have emerged. They are the Great Britain …
A lawsuit filed by agriculture challenging Cal/OSHA’s recently enacted COVID emergency standard is just starting to make its way through the legal system. There is an injunction pending to halt …
Picking the most important story of 2020 is easily the most obvious in the 47 years Cal-OSHA Reporter has been doing its “Top Stories” feature. As we begin our 48th …
A 10-day period between December 15th and 24th saw an additional 75 workplace fatalities, 66 of them related to COVID. In Gardena, an employee of All Satisfied Logistics was killed …
Several California agricultural organizations have issued a major broadside against Cal/OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) about COVID. The lawsuit is seeking to nullify the ETS entirely or several at least …
A coalition of employers and associations has sued Cal/OSHA and Chief Douglas Parker to invalidate the recently enacted COVID emergency temporary standard (ETS) and enjoin the Division of Occupational Safety …
Governor Gavin Newsom has issued another executive order. This one, among other things, directs Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health to use new COVID return-to-work guidelines issued earlier this …
Earlier this week, the Sacramento Department of Health Services tabled a controversial ordinance that would have authorized Sacramento to use financial penalties for residents and businesses that violate public health …