In exclusive interviews and written communications with Workers’ Comp Executive former DIR Director Christine Baker responds directly to the State Auditor’s recent critical report. Baker, in her own inimitable fashion …
Employers are trying to stop a bill that would exempt Cal/OSHA regulations from undergoing the Standard Regulatory Impact Analysis (SRIA), a crucial economic analysis. SRIAs consider the cost impact of …
Sea World lawyers tore into Cal/OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officer (COSHO) Darcy Murphine in an effort to impeach her testimony in an injury case that it largely won in …
44 COR 40-7833 [¶22,690] INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM (IIPP) – EFFECTIVE IIPP Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3203(a) (2017) – Employer failed to establish an IIPP containing all …
Fed-OSHA has determined that allegations of improper use of Division of Occupational Safety and Health are unfounded. A complaint filed by a former Cal/OSHA inspector who the Department of Industrial …
Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year includes a boost for the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) to increase staffing. It largely holds the line …
With overwhelming support from all stakeholders, Christine Baker, director of the Department of Industrial Relations and Rosa Moran, administrative director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation sailed through confirmation. What …