The U.S. Department of Labor is taking the United States Postal Service to court after it fired an employee in what the department says was safety retaliation. Officials at a …
It has been almost 30 years since Cynthia Volpe, a Bakersfield environmental health code enforcement officer, was murdered, along with her husband and mother, by a landowner whose building she …
A new law passed by Long Beach voters in 2018 usurps Cal/OSHA’s recently enacted hotel housekeeper’s standard and deprives employers in the city of due process, according to a lawsuit …
Even though the regulatory front was relatively quiet in 2018, it was nonetheless an eventful year for California’s occupational safety and health community. Here’s a look at the top stories …
Admitting that it erred when implementing its final rule on electronic reporting of injury and illnesses data, Fed-OSHA is now telling employers in state plan states, including California, that they …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Act does not preclude California’s county district attorneys from bringing suits against employers under the Business and Professions Code in safety cases, the California …