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 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 ...
On July 1, 2024, California’s workplace violence prevention law—the nation’s strongest and broadest workplace violence prevention statute for general industry—took effect, with the requirement that ...
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, ...
Brayton Purcell LLP today announced the release of Episode 13 of its podcast series, From Dust to Verdict, titled "WOEMA vs. Artificial Stone Slab Manufacturers." The episode documents and analyzes ...
NOVATO, Calif., Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Brayton Purcell LLP announces its full support for the Western Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association (WOEMA) petition, submitted on Friday, ...
A state board is considering the drastic move, which could come as soon as May, after an outbreak of the lung disease ...
California has adopted updated confined space safety standards for the construction industry that take effect Jan. 1, 2026, aiming to improve worker protection and clarify regulatory requirements. The ...
Farmworkers harvest banana peppers at a farm near the town of Helm on July 1, 2025. [Photo: Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local] A new audit from the California State Auditor has revealed ...
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 ...
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