Reporting Requirements, Workplace Hazards, Cal-OSHA

Cal/OSHA Approves Final Respirable Crystalline Silica Regulation, While Other Potential Limits on Engineered Stone Remain Under...

Littler on 1/17/2025

On December 19, 2024, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board unanimously approved a proposal to make permanent amendments to its regulation regarding occupational exposures to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in the general industry...more

Workplace Violence Prevention Plans Required For California Employers by July 2024(update)

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/8/2024

Senate Bill 553, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, requires nearly all employers in the State of California to prepare a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan, train employees on how to identify and avoid workplace...more

COVID-19 and Construction: Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards Address Issues for Industry Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/29/2021

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) recently updated its frequently asked questions (FAQs) guidance, “COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards Frequently Asked Questions”. The FAQs clarified...more

REMINDER: New COVID-19 Reporting Obligations for California Employers Took Effect January 1, 2021

BCLP on 1/13/2021

New reporting requirements for COVID-19 exposures at work became effective on January 1, 2021. The new requirements impose obligations for employers to notify employees (and employers of subcontracted employees) of COVID-19...more

Not To Be Overlooked: Understanding California AB 685 And Preparing For An Invisible Risk

Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi LLP on 9/23/2020

On September 17, 2020, Governor Newsom signed AB 685 into law, further expanding and solidifying legislation created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The law will become effective as of January 1, 2021. ...more

Adding A Dash Of PPE Into Your IIPP: A California Employer’s Recipe For Employee Health And Safety

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 8/31/2020

I am amazed at how often business owners are surprised to learn that all employers in California are required to prepare, implement and inform employees about the employer’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP). Are...more

Reminder To All Employers With Establishments in California: You Are Required To Have An Injury and Illness Prevention Program —...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/18/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: One of the unique elements of Cal/OSHA is a requirement that ALL employers have a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP). 8 CCR 3203....more

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