The holding of video hearings before the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board has been a creature of necessity during the pandemic. But now it appears the practice could become a permanent practice …
Here is the initial take on the revisions to Cal/OSHA’s COVID emergency temporary standard, at least from employer representatives: The changes contain some good stuff and some troubling stuff. And …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health will likely be looking for its second chief in as many years. Current Chief Doug Parker has been nominated as Assistant Secretary of …
Senator Lena Gonzalez and co-author, Assemblyman Lorena Gonzalez, through SB 606, seek to apply Fed-OSHA’s “egregious employer” provisions to Cal/OSHA violations. But the bill is much more than just that …
Governor Gavin Newsom’s office has appointed Danielle A. Lucido, of Albany, as chief counsel for Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health. It is another appointment from Worksafe, the organized …
Doug Parker’s 1-1/2-year tenure as chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health could end soon, as President Joe Biden says he intends to nominate as Assistant Secretary of …
Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman has denied in their entirety two requests for temporary injunctions against Cal/OSHA’s COVID emergency temporary standard. The requests were filed by two separate employer groups. …