SB 321, by Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D- Los Angeles), is her second attempt to make domestic household service subject to Cal/OSHA regulations. It has received major amendments that remove …
Fed-OSHA is taking applications for more than $21 million in training grants, including the traditional Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, and a new program intended for infectious disease education. The …
Three significant occupational safety and health bills are moving forward in the California legislature. The most significant of them – SB 606 – has been amended again. The bill by …
Four occupational safety and health bills have advanced from their houses of origin in the California Legislature, two in the Senate and two from the Assembly. The most prominent (or …
The California Office of Administrative Law has approved Title 8 revisions that officially recognize technical diving in California. It takes effect on October 1st. The Cal/OSHA Standards Board adopted the …
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 …
What is seemingly a non-substantive consolidation of Cal/OSHA rules on cranes and derricks is attracting serious and substantial comment from various stakeholders. One commenter went as far as to suggest …
Governor Gavin Newsom’s May budget revise keeps the across-the-board increases he proposed for Cal/OSHA in January. They amount to 8% for enforcement and the Appeals Board and 10% for the …