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’ …
The Department of Industrial Relations is providing detail about its request for an additional $8.7 million – paying for some 43 positions next fiscal year. It wants the money to …
Julie Su, secretary of California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA), has been nominated to become the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor. It is the number two …
Cal/OSHA has submitted a budget proposal for the coming fiscal year that would add 70 new positions now and more in coming years. The proposal notes there is an acute …
A Cal-OSHA Reporter subscriber recently posed this question about the COVID reporting obligation to Cal/OSHA. We’re pleased to provide the answer to clarify the requirements for others. The subscriber is …