On Friday, April 24, 2026, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board released a revised draft workplace violence regulation for general industry that clarifies the definition of ...

California’s workplace safety regulator has rejected a petition for an emergency temporary standard to protect dairy workers from avian influenza, but signaled an openness to potentially costly ...

On March 27, 2026, California’s Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board retracted a worker-friendly decision issued earlier in March because it failed to consider the employer’s answer to the ...

On September 18, 2025, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA Standards Board) declined to adopt an emergency request to provide pay and sick leave protections for ...

California farm groups and ag-tech advocates are urging the Cal/OSHA Health and Safety Standards Board to slow down and rethink its new blueprint for regulating autonomous agricultural equipment, ...

Assemblymember Liz Ortega, D-San Leandro, has a novel solution for mismanagement and chronic understaffing at Cal-OSHA: Assembly Bill 2321 would “deputize” district attorneys’ offices across the state ...

THANK YOU. KCRA THREE INVESTIGATES REVEALS NEW DETAILS IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN YUBA COUNTY AND CAL OSHA. THE YUBA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS DISPUTING CAL OSHA’S FINDINGS OF WORKPLACE VIOLATIONS AND ...

California lawmakers put top state officials tasked with protecting worker health and safety under intense fire on Wednesday for falling short of their mission, as highlighted by a recent state audit.

Cal/OSHA confirmed Thursday that it is now "conducting an investigation into the avalanche incident involving guides employed by Blackbird Mountain Guides LLC." A total of eight skiers were killed in ...

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