Sneaked into the congressional Democrats’ $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill last weekend – shortly before the Budget Committee approved it – are ten-fold increases in Fed-OSHA penalties for serious, willful, and …
The latest iteration of the readoption of the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) from the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) is now being reviewed by the Office …
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 …
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 …
Julie Su, secretary of California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA), has been nominated to become the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor. It is the number two …
Joe Biden has named Cal/OSHA Chief Doug Parker to his transition team. Parker is advising regarding the Department of Labor. He does have prior ties to Washington, D.C., having served …