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 …
Several California agricultural organizations have issued a major broadside against Cal/OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) about COVID. The lawsuit is seeking to nullify the ETS entirely or several at least …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board is (was) expected on December 17th to approve the “placeholder” permanent standard on wildfire smoke protections. The controversial regulation will be in effect while Cal/OSHA and …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has published the first of what it says will be an evolving set of “frequently asked questions” about the temporary emergency standard on …
California’s employers have been hit with more regulatory burdens. This time it is an emergency regulation – effective immediately – from Cal/OSHA. It requires substantial and extensive COVID protections for …
In a first for this publication, Providence Publications has filed comments with the state Office of Administrative Law. Cal-OSHA Reporter is recommending that OAL reject the recently adopted emergency regulation …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has published an extensive, 21-page emergency regulation regarding the spread of COVID-19 in workplaces. But the proposal, which the board will vote on November 19th, goes …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board in recent memory has rarely adopted emergency regulations. But with the wildfire smoke rule adopted in 2019 and the pending COVID standard, it will have adopted …