Cal/OSHA’s controversial emergency regulation on COVID protections in the workplace has been renewed – with some controversial tweaks – and will be in place until April 2022. The board voted …
Another emergency regulation promulgated by Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health requires hospitals to define what is considered “normal consumption” of respirators and other personal protective equipment (PPE) in …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has published the latest version of its COVID emergency standard, on which it will vote later this week. The big change: Fully vaccinated employees will not …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted to pull back from the Office of Administrative Law revisions to the COVID emergency standard (ETS) it adopted on June 3rd. In the meantime, the …
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 …
In another twist in the now surreal Cal/OSHA-COVID regulatory drama, the Standards Board has called a special meeting for June 9th to discuss potential new rules. The Board also released …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board rejected revisions to the COVID emergency temporary standard, based on myriad concerns, then reversed course and approved the controversial revisions. The reason: Voting down the proposal …