Agriculture Sues Government on COVID
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 …
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 …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will have plenty to consider when a proposed petition decision comes before it on labor’s request for an emergency standard to protect non-healthcare workers from COVID-19. …
California’s Office of Administrative Law quickly approved Cal/OSHA’s emergency standard to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke exposure. The regulation, General Industry Safety Orders §5141.1, took effect July 29. The …
Saying that wildland fires are a common and virtually year-round experience in present-day California, three organizations representing labor are calling on Cal/OSHA to create an emergency standard to protect outdoor …
At the Sept. 8 Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee meeting, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Acting Chief Len Welsh noted that a number of California state legislators had written to …