Cal-OSHA Reporter Turns 50
In 1973, inflation was at more than 6%, the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark ruling on reproductive rights, and OPEC voted to increase the price of oil by 200%. …
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OSH Fund Assessments Down
The fund used to finance Cal/OSHA will increase for the 2022-23 fiscal year, but the assessments charged on top of employersâ workersâ comp premium will go down. Labor Code §§ 62.5 and 62.6 authorize DIR to assess employers for the cost of administering various programs. âThese assessments provide a stable funding source to the support …
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New Editor & Style for OSHA Today
Cal-OSHA Reporter is pleased to announce that veteran journalist Todd Karpovich is the new editor for OSHA Today, Providence Publicationâs national daily digest of occupational safety and health news. He took over from editor Rick Waldinger, who served for 16 years. OSHA Today is a hand-curated compilation of the latest safety news from around the …
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Welcome New Decision Editor Mark Webb
After nearly 16 years as editor of Cal-OSHA Reporterâs Decisions section and the OSHA Today daily digest, Rick Waldinger has decided it is time for new things. Waldinger, a lawyer by training, has ably taken the complex decisions by Cal/OSHA Appeals Board administrative law judges and turned them from legalese into concise summaries. Safety people …
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Cal/OSHA Seeks Budget Boosts
The state legislature is paying close attention to the sizable employee vacancy rate at the Department of Industrial Relations, and it promises an oversight hearing on the issue. Our sister publication, Workersâ Comp Executive, reports that DIR is experiencing a 25% vacancy rate. Click here to see that coverage. The department says it is progressing …
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A First for Cal-OSHA Reporter
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 …
Safe Mail & Package Handling
These safety ideas apply not only to employers but to all of our homes as well. While much of society is shutting down temporarily to stop COVID-19, the mail will …
Ninth Circuit Kicks Applied Underwritersâ Trademark Infringement Lawsuit
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Workersâ Comp Executive, Cal-OSHA Reporterâs sister publication, Â and rejected allegations by Applied Underwriters that advertising for a Workersâ Comp Executive webcast improperly used its Applied Underwritersâ EquityComp trademark. It was a published decision. As traditional, or âold fashionedâ journalists we know the story should never be about …
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