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California Reinstates COVID Paid Sick Leave in Early Budget Action

February 14, 2022 8:29 amFebruary 14, 2022 6:40 am

As part of the “early action” budget items, Senate Bill 114 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee) was amended on February 2, passed the Legislature on February 7, and signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on February 9 as Chapter...

SB 606 Workplace Safety Legislation

September 28, 2021 6:47 amSeptember 28, 2021 7:03 am

On September 27, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 606 by Sen. Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach), related to workplace safety. Section One amends Section 6317 of the Labor Code to provide that, if an employer has multiple...

California’s New COVID Rules Reveal Gov. Newsom’s & Public Health Officials’ Deliberate Confusion Tactic

June 10, 2021 8:13 amJune 10, 2021 8:13 am

The CalOSHA Board just revised its less-than-one-week-old rule which would have allowed the state’s employees to work without masks only if every employee in a room is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. This starkly contrasted with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s April...

Cal/OSHA to Possibly Withdraw All New COVID-19 Regulations During Special Meeting on Wednesday

June 10, 2021 2:33 amJune 10, 2021 2:59 pm

The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board called for a previously unscheduled meeting on Wednesday to reconsider their controversial decision to keep facemaks mandatory for most California businesses following the June 15th reopening date next week. While...

Gov. Newsom Again Extends His Emergency Powers, State of Emergency, Mask Mandates

June 5, 2021 10:29 amJune 7, 2021 10:16 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom yet again extended his own emergency powers and California’s COVID state of emergency, despite 46.4 million vaccines administered and COVID dwindling in the state. This is not about public health, but about his power, control and...

Gov. Newsom Says He Will Extend Emergency Powers and State of Emergency Beyond June 15th

June 4, 2021 2:20 pmJune 4, 2021 2:25 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that he will extend his emergency powers and the state of emergency, as well as some masking mandates past the June 15th reopening date, keeping intact the emergency powers and “one man” decisions first...

New Cal/OSHA Recommendations Will Continue COVID-19 Regulations Until July 31st

June 1, 2021 11:13 am

Late last week, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) recommended to the state that most COVID-19 safety rules would not need to be changed until July 31st, rather than California’s June 15th reopening when the state mask...