Tag: DIR
California’s Nonemergency COVID-19 Regulation Now Effective
California’s nonemergency COVID-19 regulation is now in effect, replacing the previous emergency COVID-19 temporary standards. As previously reported, on December 15, 2022, the California Occupational…
Flexible Schedules Can Create Wage, Hour Pitfalls for Employers
Remote working during the pandemic provided quite a bit of flexibility for both employers and employees. Now that we’re in a period of relative stability…
California Releases Employer COVID-19 Compliance Portal
As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches the one-year mark, federal, state and local governments have spent the last year continually developing new laws, regulations, ordinances, orders,…
California Fatal Workplace Injuries Increased in 2018
After several years of declines, in 2018 (the latest data available), California’s workplace fatality rate increased with 422 Californians dying in workplace incidents (up from…
Rate of California Nonfatal, Fatal Occupational Injuries Remains Stable
The Department of Industrial Relations released California’s 2017 occupational injury and illness data on employer-reported injuries. The Bureau of Labor Statistics works with state agencies…
OSHA Deadline for Employers to Submit Form 300A is December 31
The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) recently approved the Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (the Division) proposed emergency amendments to…
Cal/OSHA Cites Over $46,000 to Waste Collection Company for Fatal Truck Accident
A waste collection company was issued several citations, totaling in $46,270 in penalties by Cal/OSHA after the death of a worker who was fatally run…
California Wage Orders Updated
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) recently updated most of the Wage Orders to reflect the 2017 and 2018 increases in the state minimum wage. The…
