State Department of Public Health

The Role of the Cal-OSHA Standards Board

May 4, 2023 6:36 amMay 4, 2023 6:57 am

California Labor Code Division 1, Chapter 6 establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal-OSHA Standards Board). Labor Code Section 140 establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board within the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). The Board consists...

AB 647: Grocery Workers

February 24, 2023 12:19 pmFebruary 24, 2023 12:41 pm

Assembly Bill 647 by Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) was introduced to impose requirements on successor entities and grocery workers. AB 647 would amend Labor Code Sections 2504 and 2506, and would add Labor Code Section 2516.1. Section 1 of the bill...

SB 725: Grocery Workers

February 20, 2023 10:50 amFebruary 20, 2023 10:53 am

On February 16, 2023, Senate Bill 725 by Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), was introduced to address grocery worker relocations, terminations, and mass layoffs. SB 725 would add Labor Code Section 1401.1. SB 725 would prohibit a grocery establishment, when a merger...

Infant Formula Stockpile Bill Moves To Assembly Health Committee

January 30, 2023 9:16 pm

A bill to create an infant formula stockpile for the state of California prepared for Committee discussion this week following Committee placement last week. Assembly Bill 228, authored by freshman Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City), would require both the State...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

California’s ‘Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act’

July 17, 2022 8:01 amJuly 17, 2022 8:07 am

California has a number of formal acts in statute. Business and Professions Code Division 8.5 provides the “Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act,” which is contained in Sections 22950 to 22964. Division 8.5 was added in 1994 by Chapter 1009....

California Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement Introduced

February 11, 2022 10:11 amFebruary 13, 2022 10:46 am

On February 10, Assembly Members Buffy Wicks, Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, Evan Low, and Akilah Weber introduced Assembly Bill 1993. AB 1993 would add Government Code Section 12940.4 to require an employer to require each employee or independent contractor to provide proof...

Bacon Just Received Temporary Judicial Clemency in California

January 28, 2022 5:26 pmApril 3, 2022 3:24 pm

Bacon just received some judicial clemency in California. “A California judge decided this week to delay enforcement of part of a new farm animal welfare law that critics said would cause price hikes and supply shortages for bacon and other...