Tag: Workplace Safety
Compliance During Emergency Conditions
The Workplace Podcast: Compliance During Emergency Conditions
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law expert Matthew Roberts sits down with CalChamber Labor...
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...
The COVID-19 Regulation’s Final Re-Adoption – What Does it Mean Going Forward?
It has been almost a month since the third (and final) readoption of the COVID-19 Workplace Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) was adopted at Cal/OSHA’s...
Policy Briefing – COVID-19 Workplace Safety Issues
Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Workplace Safety Issues and What Employers Expect Heading into 2022
(March 4, 2022) Moderated by Robert Moutrie, CalChamber Workplace Safety policy advocate.
Since the...
Policy Briefing – COVID-19 in the Workplace
COVID-19 in the Workplace: Regulatory and Legal Update: Vaccine Mandates, Mask Mandates, CalOSHA Regulations and Paid Sick Leave
(February 25, 2022) Presented by Ashley Hoffman,...
Federal Large Employer Vaccine Mandate – When Will it Hit California Workplaces?
The federal vaccine mandate for large employers (the “Federal Vaccine Regulation” or “Regulation”) pushed by the Biden administration has been in the news since...
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...
New COVID-19 Guidance in 2022
Though many workplaces slowed down during the holidays, neither COVID-19’s Omicron variant nor the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) took a moment’s rest....
Cal/OSHA ETS Readoption to Change Testing, Vaccination, and Exclusion Provisions
This Thursday, Cal/OSHA will vote on the second readoption of the COVID-19 Workplace Emergency Temporary Standard (the “COVID-19 ETS”) which will govern COVID-19 safety...
Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Released – Cal/OSHA to Pass Similar Version This Month
Today, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released their draft COVID-19 vaccine emergency regulation for employers with 100 or more employees. The...
COVID-19 In the Workplace — Vaccines on the Horizon
COVID-19 continues to dominate discussions around workplace safety in California and across the nation – and big changes for businesses are on the horizon...
Key Labor Law Bills to Watch This Year
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, CalChamber Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman, and Chris Micheli,...
TODAY: California Officially Re-Opens
Today, California turns the page and officially “re-opens” after what was arguably one of the most difficult and dark years in the state’s history....
COVID-19 Prevention Program Emergency Regulation Adopted
On November 19, 2020, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) voted to adopt a comprehensive and complex COVID-19 emergency regulation addressing a variety...
Cal/OSHA Standards Board Requests COVID-19 Draft Emergency Regulation with Limited Opportunity for Stakeholder Input
Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board voted to grant, in part, Petition 583, which sought the creation of a COVID-19 emergency regulation for industries not already covered...
Lighting Regulation for Outdoor Agriculture Coming Into Effect in July
California businesses are struggling to adapt their markets and workplaces to a post-pandemic world. Like other state regulators, Cal/OSHA is still working on business...
Impaired in 2020: Ongoing issues for Cannabis in the Workplace
Building on decades of steady movement towards legalization of cannabis in California, 2020 promises new questions for employers concerned about workplace safety and federal...
Proposal Would Make Wildfire Smoke Protection Rule More Stringent; Threatens to Increase Business Costs
An emergency regulation issued from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board on July 29, 2019 requires California employers to take...
Smoke, Fire, and New Legislation Approaching
In California, where there’s smoke, there may be a wildfire – and new legislative action.
Starting with smoke: on Thursday June 27th, the Cal/OSHA’s Standards...
Smoke, Fire, and New Legislation Approaching
In California, where there’s smoke, there may be a wildfire – and new legislative action.
Starting with smoke: on Thursday June 27th, the Cal/OSHA’s Standards...