Tag: Cal/OSHA

Potential Changes Coming to Workplace Violence Prevention Standards
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Posted in Workplace Safety

Potential Changes Coming to Workplace Violence Prevention Standards

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and CalChamber Senior Policy Advocate Robert Moutrie discuss potential changes coming to…

Workplace Violence Rule: CalChamber Urges Changes, Draft Regulation Broader than Legislation
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Posted in Workplace Safety

Workplace Violence Rule: CalChamber Urges Changes, Draft Regulation Broader than Legislation

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) held the first open discussion of its workplace violence safety regulation for general industry at an…

Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulation Sunsetting
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Posted in COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Workplace Safety

Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulation Sunsetting

As of today, February 3, 2025, California employers mostly no longer have any COVID-19 prevention regulatory requirements, with the exception of reporting and recording requirements…

Heads Up, Employers! Your Form 300As Must Be Posted Soon
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Posted in Health and Safety Reporting Requirements

Heads Up, Employers! Your Form 300As Must Be Posted Soon

It’s that time of year again when California employers need to post the previous year’s summary of work-related injuries and illnesses, formally known as theForm…

New Cal/OSHA Guidance on Worker Safety, Health During Fire Cleanup
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New Cal/OSHA Guidance on Worker Safety, Health During Fire Cleanup

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) recently released new guidance on protecting workers involved in fire cleanup or other work in areas…

Lead Exposure Standard: Big Changes Take Effect January 1, 2025
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Posted in Health and Safety Workplace Safety

Lead Exposure Standard: Big Changes Take Effect January 1, 2025

What changes has Cal/OSHA made to its standard for exposure to lead in construction and other industries? The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)…

How Indoor Heat Illness Rule Applies to Air Conditioned Workplace
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Posted in Heat Illness

How Indoor Heat Illness Rule Applies to Air Conditioned Workplace

Our indoor office is air conditioned. Does our business need to include the indoor heat illness requirements in our Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)?…

National Heat Illness Prevention Rule for Indoor, Outdoor Workers Proposed
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Posted in Heat Illness

National Heat Illness Prevention Rule for Indoor, Outdoor Workers Proposed

On August 30, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published the agency’s first proposed indoor and outdoor heat illness prevention rule. Although a…

California COVID-19 Workplace Regulations
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Posted in COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Reexamining California COVID-19 Workplace Regulations

In the past two weeks, positive COVID-19 tests have increased to 18 percent in the U.S. Health and Human Services Agency’s Region 9, which includes…

Cal/OSHA Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard Approved, Effective Immediately
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Posted in Heat Illness

Cal/OSHA Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard Approved, Effective Immediately

On July 23, 2024, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved California’s Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment regulation — which goes into…