One of the most significant pieces of occupational safety and health legislation in recent years is on its way to the governor. After months of negotiations with labor, employers removed their opposition to AB 2774, authored by Sandre Swanson (D-Oakland), a strong indication that the governor will sign it. Negotiations were also successful thanks to …
Californiaâs Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating a workplace death reported Aug. 13Â to state Department of Parks and Recreation from hantavirus. The worker was a park aide at Bodie State Park in Bridgeport. Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) press officer Krisann Chasarik says the man worked at the front desk of a …
After an outcry from its staff, the Department of Industrial Relations has revised its approach to digging into Cal/OSHA inspectorsâ outside teaching activities, limiting the scope of the inquiry and extending the deadline to respond until the end of the month. Reaction to the original audit has been resoundingly negative, likely leading to the March …
Alleged âdouble dippingâ by a former Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) employee has led to a far-ranging â and some say unconstitutional â audit of all DOSH staff and their outside activities. The audit, conducted by the Department of Industrial Relations Legal Unit, is prompting howls of protest from inspectors, with at least …
Cal/OSHA inspectors are loudly protesting a Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) probe into their outside activities that they say is unnecessarily intrusive and violates their privacy. Unions representing Division of Occupational Safety and Health personnel have demanded that DIR scale back the audit, which was triggered after an inspector was alleged to have improperly participated …
Alameda County Superior Judge Frank Roesch yesterday ordered the Schwarzenegger administration to end furloughs for all state workers who are paid from non-general fund accounts. The order applies to all employees regardless of bargaining unit or union affiliation in nearly 70 âspecial fundâ agencies statewide, including several that are part of the Department of Industrial …
The heat promises to be a hot subject in California long after the cold and rain return to the Golden State. On July, the United Farm Workers (UFW) union and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Cal/OSHA seeking court-mandated changes to the stateâs heat illness regulation …
The questioning wasnât particularly heated, but itâs fair to say the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) were on the hot seat this week as they answered questions on heat illness prevention posed by an Assembly Budget Subcommittee. Even though they took no action, legislators took the …