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/OSHAâs 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/OSHAâs Division of Occupational Safety and Health envisions a slimmed-down version of its current COVID regulation for the ânon-emergencyâ 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/OSHAâs 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 …
Employees at Amazon warehouses across the country suffered nearly 40,000 injuries in 2021, with a âseriousâ rate more than double that of other warehouses, according to a new report. The injuries are due to âAmazonâs obsession with speed,â according to âThe Injury Machine,â produced by the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC), a coalition of four labor …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will hold its first in-person meeting since early 2020 on April 21st in Oakland, Cal-OSHA Reporter has confirmed. The meeting will be significant, as the board is expected to vote on the final extension of the COVID emergency temporary standard. Governor Gavin Newsom has not renewed an executive order mandating that …