Three significant occupational safety and health bills are moving forward in the California legislature. The most significant of them – SB 606 – has been amended again. The bill by …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has issued its second set of citations for violations of the wildfire smoke protection standard. The first set was issued earlier this year …
California’s Office of Administrative Law has given final approval to a “placeholder” permanent version of Cal/OSHA’s standard for protection from wildfire smoke. The rules were effective February 1st. The Standards …
Elizabeth Treanor is one of the most respected stakeholders in the Cal/OSHA community and a respected voice of reason on the employer side. She has retired from her duties as …
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 …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has made a minor revision to its “placeholder” permanent regulation to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke. The board is taking comments on the change until …
Cal/OSHA is reminding employers to protect employees from unhealthy air due to wildfire smoke. It also is reminding employers to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus and not to …