Tagged in: Standards Board
OAL Approves Variance Fix
The California Office of Administrative Law has signed off on a revision to Cal/OSHA Standards Board rules on variance applications. It provides for paperless variance applications, eliminating a decades-old requirement …
Standards Board Rejects Employersâ COVID Plan â But Is There Hope?
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has rejected a petition by a labor-management group seeking to take a unique approach to regulating COVID and future diseases of its ilk. The board also …
Standards Board â In Person Again
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will hold its first in-person meeting since early 2020 on April 21st in Oakland, Cal-OSHA Reporter has confirmed. The meeting will be significant, as the board …
New ETS Language Posted
With only two weeks left before an April 21st vote on the final version of Cal/OSHAâs COVID emergency temporary standard, the Standards Board has published the language the board will …
ETS to Become Permanent?
Against the backdrop of the pandemic becoming endemic, mask requirements terminated in most states and businesses, and a public who has had just about enough, Cal/OSHAâs Division of Occupational Safety …
Standards Board Approves Technology
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has signed off on a paperwork reduction act of sorts for variance applications. It could take effect as soon as July 1 after a review by …
Cal/OSHA Regulates First Aid Kits
A decade-old proposal to update Cal/OSHAâs rules for first-aid kits has finally seen the light of day. The Standards Board has published proposed revisions to the Construction and General Industry …