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California Department of Justice Establishes Worker Rights and Fair Labor Section

California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra recently announced that he has created the Worker Rights and Fair Labor Section, which will fall under the California Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Division of Public Rights....more

2/16/2021 / Biden Administration , Cal-OSHA , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Governor Newsom , Health and Safety , Misclassification , Presidential Nominations , State Administrative Agencies , State Attorneys General , Wage Theft

California Releases COVID-19 Guidance for 20 Different Industries as the State Goes Back to Work

The State of California, through the Department of Public Health, Department of Social Services, and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), has released COVID-19 guidance and checklists for 20 different...more

5/21/2020 / Cal-OSHA , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Employer Responsibilities , New Guidance , Re-Opening Guidelines , Risk Assessment , State Health Departments , Workplace Safety

Cal/OSHA Releases COVID-19 Guidance for Logistics and Warehouse Facilities

The California Department of Public Health and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) recently released industry guidance for logistics and warehousing facilities in light of the COVID-19...more

5/12/2020 / Cal-OSHA , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Logistics , New Guidance , Re-Opening Guidelines , Warehouses

Cal/OSHA Issues Coronavirus Guidance for Employers

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has released Interim Guidance for Protecting Health Care Workers from Exposure to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)...more

2/7/2020 / Cal-OSHA , Healthcare Facilities , Healthcare Workers , Infectious Diseases , Interim Guidance , Public Health , Workplace Safety

Cal/OSHA Alert: Proposed Regulations to Prevent Indoor Heat Illness

Over a decade after California adopted its outdoor heat illness regulations, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is inching closer to adopting regulations titled “Heat Illness Prevention in...more

10/30/2018 / Cal-OSHA , Heat Exposure , Proposed Regulation , Vulnerability Assessments , Workplace Safety

Cal/OSHA to Expand Workplace Violence Regulations to a General Industry Standard

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is seeking to expand its workplace violence regulations, which currently regulate healthcare facilities, to a general industry standard, which would affect...more

10/26/2018 / Cal-OSHA , Comment Period , Regulatory Agenda , Workplace Safety , Workplace Violence

California Employers Must Submit Form 300A Data on Federal Online Portal by July 1

According to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), even though California has not adopted its own state rule on the matter, California employers should submit their Form 300A data for 2017...more

6/6/2018 / Cal-OSHA , Electronic Filing , Filing Deadlines

Cal/OSHA Approves Long-Awaited Housekeeper Injury Prevention Regulations

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has created new rules intended to protect hotel housekeepers. These new rules are contained in the newly-created Section 3345 in Title 8 of the California...more

1/24/2018 / Cal-OSHA , Employer Liability Issues , Hotels , New Rules , Workplace Safety

Cal/OSHA Increases Citations on Adequacy of Employers’ First Aid Kits

California employers have recently seen an increase in the number of citations issued by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) for violations of a General Industry Safety Order requiring that...more

12/15/2017 / Cal-OSHA , Safety Violations , Workplace Injury

California Wildfires Spark Cal/OSHA Advisory Notice

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) recently posted an advisory notice regarding the wildfires that have been afflicting Southern California. The notice advises employers to undertake...more

12/15/2017 / Cal-OSHA , Public Safety , Wildfires , Workplace Safety

The Heat is on in California: Cal/OSHA’s Heat Illness Prevention Requirements for Outdoor Work Sites

With the heat of summer in full swing, California employers covered by California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3395 with employees who work outdoors may want to review their practices to ensure that they are...more

7/13/2017 / Cal-OSHA , Employer Mandates , Severe Weather , Workplace Hazards , Workplace Safety

Sean Paisan

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

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