Tag: Cal/OSHA
Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Rule in Effect Now
The state Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the Cal/OSHA regulations to protect employees working indoors from heat illness. The regulations went into...
Update on California Indoor Heat Regulations
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and Senior Policy Advocate Robert Moutrie discuss the newest developments in...
Cal/OSHA Standards Board Adopts Indoor Heat Illness Standard in Questionable Vote
After some twists and turns, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) recently voted to adopt its proposed indoor heat illness standard. The...
Cal/OSHA Passes Aggressive Update to Lead Regulation
Yesterday, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board passed a sweeping update to California’s lead regulation despite heavy concerns of feasibility and inaccurate cost estimates from the...
CalChamber-Opposed Workplace Violence Bill Is Unworkable for Small Employers
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that increases business costs and establishes a one-size-fits-all workplace violence regulation on all California employers is scheduled to...
Cal/OSHA Extends COVID-19 Regulation for 2 Years
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted 6-1 yesterday to continue California’s COVID-19 regulation until December 2024.
As part of the transition from an emergency COVID-19 regulation...
Cal/OSHA Considers Removing Exclusion Pay Mandate From New COVID-19 Emergency Regulation
As the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) prepares to vote on the next iteration of California’s COVID-19 emergency regulation, one important...
Cal/OSHA Makes Big Changes to COVID-19 Regulation Ahead of December Vote
California employers may want to get out their measuring tape — because the size (in cubic feet) of a workspace just became an important...
CalChamber Calls for Changes to Nonemergency COVID Draft Rule
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board’s draft proposal to extend the state’s COVID-19 regulation for another two years—with some significant changes from the COVID-19 emergency regulation—still...
State Change in COVID-19 Definition of ‘Close Contact’ Leaves Questions for California Employers
One of the most well-known elements of COVID-19 workplace safety was changed last month — to relatively little fanfare — and it has left...
Job Killer Bill Excuses Workplace Absenteeism, Endangers Worksites
A California Chamber of Commerce-job killer bill that will excuse workplace absenteeism and cripple emergency response is making its way through the California Legislature.
The...
U.S. Supreme Court Halts OSHA’s General Employer Vaccine Mandate
On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order staying the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) emergency temporary standards (ETS) requiring employers...
COVID-19 Workplace Safety Rules Update
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law expert Matthew Roberts and CalChamber policy advocate Robert Moutrie give an update on the...
Proposal Allows Cal/OSHA to Sidestep Fiscal Review
Workplace rules would be allowed to skip past critical analysis of their fiscal and other effects if legislation pending before the Assembly becomes law.
SB...
CalChamber-Opposed Bill Would Stifle Economic Impact Data on Cal/OSHA Regs
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A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that would deny the public critical economic...
California Drops Workplace Mask Rule for Vaccinated Workers
California regulators on Thursday approved revised workplace pandemic rules that allow employees who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus the same freedoms as when...
CalChamber Issues Statement on New Cal/OSHA Rules
The California Chamber of Commerce has issued the following statement in response to action today by Cal/OSHA and Governor Gavin Newsom:
“We are grateful for...
New COVID-19 Workplace Mask Rules Align with CDC Recommendations
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) released new, revised language outlining proposed COVID-19 workplace rules as the state prepares to re-open...
Cal/OSHA Adopts Rules to Require Ongoing Masking in the Workplace
After a day-long meeting that included hours of public testimony and internal deliberations, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board ultimately adopted a new set of regulations...
CalChamber Statement on New COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards Amendments
In a letter sent to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board today, the California Chamber of Commerce and several...