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Tag: OSHA

California Fails COVID-19 National State Reopening Guide

June 15, 2021   7:20 amJune 15, 2021   7:26 am
“How open for business is each state?” MultiState.us asked in a comparison of states’ reopening plans. “A handful of states never issued stay-at-home orders at all, while all states mandated at least some business closings on a sliding scale of...
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Amended Cal-OSHA Regulation Exemption Bill

March 4, 2021   2:26 pmMarch 4, 2021   2:27 pm
On March 3, Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) amended her Senate Bill 410 to exempt certain Cal-OSHA regulations from a regulatory impact assessment. The bill would amend Labor Code Section 142.4. Existing law provides that Occupational safety and health standards and...
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New Bill Beefs Up OSHA Penalties Against Employers for Workplace Safety Violations

February 20, 2021   10:21 amFebruary 23, 2021   8:04 am
February 18, State Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) introduced Senate Bill 606 related to workplace safety. The bill would add Sections 6317.8, 6317.10, and 6409.7 to the Labor Code. Section One of the bill would add Labor Code Section 6317.8...
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Statewide Plastic Bag Ban Suspended Until June

April 24, 2020   1:39 pm
On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to suspend the 2016 plastic bag ban for 60 days out of COVID-19 coronavirus concerns. The law, which started out as Senate Bill 270 in 2015 and later as Proposition 67...
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New Farm Bill Would Extend Benefits and Coronavirus Protections for Farmworkers

April 11, 2020   8:44 amApril 12, 2020   9:19 am
A bill in the Assembly proposes to grant additional benefits and COVID-19 coronavirus protections for farmworkers across California. Under an amended Assembly Bill 2915, authored by Assemblyman Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) farmworkers will have mandatory paid sick leave days increased from...
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Elon Musk Throws His Workers Under the Bus During COVID-19

April 9, 2020   8:10 amApril 12, 2020   9:12 am
The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration and U.S. Department of Labor has an Elon Musk problem. When news of the pandemic ravaging the Bay Area began capturing the country’s attention, officials put a strict shutdown order into effect to...
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