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Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board Adopts Revised COVID-19 ETS
The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) met on December 16, 2021, to consider a second readoption of its COVID-19 Workplace Emergency Temporary Standard…
Cal/OSHA Gathering Feedback on COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) advisory committee’s February meetings on the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard offer some hints as to the…
CalChamber Raises Questions on Feasibility of Wildfire Smoke Rules
Last week, the California Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of employer groups voiced concerns about the feasibility of the wildfire smoke protection emergency regulation…
Who Pays Cost of Employee COVID Testing or Vaccination?
If I require an employee to go get a COVID test, or to be vaccinated, who pays the costs of testing or vaccination? Do I…
Daylight Saving Time (DST) Starts March 14
Get ready to spring forward — this Sunday, March 14 is the start of Daylight Saving Time (DST)! While losing an hour of sleep may…
Updated Wage Theft Notice Released
Federal and California law requires new employees to receive several pamphlets and notices about laws and programs like workers’ compensation, workplace sexual harassment, state disability…
EEOC Updates ‘Visual Disabilities in the Workplace’ Guidance
Vision impairments can start or occur at any time in life due to a variety of different factors. In 2022, for instance, approximately 18 percent…
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Brings More Financial Relief
On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) into law, creating a third stimulus package since the…
CDC Shortens Recommended Isolation, Quarantine Periods for Public — But Employers Must Follow Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 ETS
On December 27, 2021, just days after updating its infection and exposure guidance for health care workers on December 23, the Centers for Disease Control…
San Francisco’s New Public Health Emergency Leave
San Francisco employers should prepare for yet another local ordinance starting this October! San Francisco voters recently passed Proposition G, a new permanent public health…
