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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
This issue of Cal-OSHA Reporter is the last of 2015. Weâll return with our January 8, 2016 edition. In the meantime, weâll keep you informed of any late-breaking developments in California occupational safety and health via Flash Reports. The staff of Cal-OSHA Reporter and Providence Publications thanks you, our valued readers, for your support. We …
Cal-OSHA Reporter and its sister publication Workersâ Comp Executive this month brought home a pair of national awards for excellence in journalism from Specialized Information Publishers Association. The newsletters, which are published by Providence Publications, were recognized for their compelling use of video in covering developments in Californiaâs workersâ comp and workplace safety industries. Cal-OSHA …
Providence Publications was recognized for its journalism in the 2012 Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA) awards competition. Brad Cain and Bess Shapiro of Workersâ Comp Executive, Cal-OSHA Reporterâs sister publication, and Providence Publication publisher J Dale Debber took first place in the David Swit Award for Best Investigative Reporting (âIs State Fundâs Dividend Plan Illegal?â); Best …