Cal/OSHA Chief Doug Parker faced persistent questioning from conservative U. S. senators at a recent hearing as his confirmation process to become Assistant Secretary of Labor for Fed-OSHA begins. Parker …
California suffered five work-related heat illness fatalities in 2020, the most for any year in quite some time. Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health says there are lessons to …
Fed-OSHA has submitted its yet-to-be-unveiled COVID emergency temporary standard to the federal Office of Management and Budget. It could be finalized in the coming weeks. Before then, it appears, there …
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 …
Doug Parker’s 1-1/2-year tenure as chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health could end soon, as President Joe Biden says he intends to nominate as Assistant Secretary of …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is moving quickly to make changes to its controversial COVID standard. All of this against a backdrop of lawsuits from employers’ groups and …
A lawsuit filed by agriculture challenging Cal/OSHA’s recently enacted COVID emergency standard is just starting to make its way through the legal system. There is an injunction pending to halt …
Picking the most important story of 2020 is easily the most obvious in the 47 years Cal-OSHA Reporter has been doing its “Top Stories” feature. As we begin our 48th …