Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers have settled dozens of more cases in recent weeks. There is a whopping failure-to-abate (FTA) case against a restaurant chain in …
The holding of video hearings before the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board has been a creature of necessity during the pandemic. But now it appears the practice could become a permanent practice …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has published the latest version of COVID emergency temporary standards revisions ahead of a June 3rd vote. Here are the primary changes from a version published …
Governor Gavin Newsom’s May budget revise keeps the across-the-board increases he proposed for Cal/OSHA in January. They amount to 8% for enforcement and the Appeals Board and 10% for the …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health will likely be looking for its second chief in as many years. Current Chief Doug Parker has been nominated as Assistant Secretary of …
There are 10 new workplace fatalities, half of them from COVID. Deaths from the pandemic are decreasing as the combination of vaccines, potential herd immunity, and efficacy of treatment improve …
Agreeing that the Department of Industrial Relations has been “open and receptive” to California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) oversight, the State Personnel Board has voted to restore DIR’s authority …
Katrina “Katie” Hagen, Governor Gavin Newsom’s appointee to head the Department of Industrial Relations, easily cleared the Senate Rules Committee. She did face questioning about key workplace safety and workers’ …