With a revised definition of “close contact” for potential COVID exposure in the workplace, Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is cautioning employers to pay attention to the change and the potential for more COVID cases. The revision could significantly increase those considered close contacts, according to David Wesley, assistant deputy chief for enforcement …
Facing substantial criticism from the Department of Finance, Cal/OSHA is standing by most of the underlying data for its Standard Regulatory Impact Assessment of the non-emergency COVID regulation. It is expected to be formally published in the coming months and implemented early next year. But it is backing off its assumptions on agency cost savings …
The California Department of Finance says Cal/OSHA’s economic assessment of the impending non-emergency COVID regulation not only could underestimate the costs of the rule but might deliver only about half the benefits envisioned by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Further, stakeholders allege multiple systematic failures in the preparation of regulations, public comments, and …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health envisions a slimmed-down version of its current COVID regulation for the “non-emergency” version, deferring in some cases to California Department of Public Health guidance. The draft appears more performance-oriented than the current emergency standard. DOSH released the much-anticipated draft on June 9th, a day after CDPH revised its …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is moving ahead with the non-emergency version of its COVID-19 regulation. Under the DOSH plan, it would be adopted this December and take effect in January 2023, sunsetting two years later. The latest development is the release by the California Department of Finance of a Standard Regulatory Impact …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has rejected a petition by a labor-management group seeking to take a unique approach to regulating COVID and future diseases of its ilk. The board also turned back entreaties to send the issue to an advisory committee on its own merit. But the issue is not dead: The board said it …
To the surprise of no one, and despite employer groups’ vocal opposition, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board approved the final version of the state’s COVID emergency temporary standard. The Board vote …