Regulations
Revised California Criminal History Regulations Took Effect October 1
Revised regulations about the use of criminal history in employment decisions under California’s Fair Chance Act took effect on October 1.
The revised regulations adopted...
Cal/OSHA Indoor Heat Regulations, Status of SB 553 Workplace Violence Rules
In Episode 178 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law expert Matthew Roberts sits down with CalChamber Policy Advocate Robert Moutrie to discuss the...
Formal Stage Begins to Prevent Heat Illness Indoors
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has started the formal rulemaking phase of its work on developing regulations to prevent heat...
Cal/OSHA COVID Rule Shifts to ‘Non-Emergency’
After years of rapid change, the potentially final form of California’s COVID-19 regulation has been filed with the Secretary of State and went into...
Cal/OSHA Considers Removing Exclusion Pay Mandate from New COVID Rule
As the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) prepares to vote on the next iteration of California’s COVID-19 emergency regulation, one important...
COVID-19 Regulation: Cal/OSHA Makes Big Changes Ahead of December Vote
California employers may want to get out their measuring tape — because the size (in cubic feet) of a workspace just became an important...
CalChamber Calls for Changes to Nonemergency COVID Draft Rule
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board’s draft proposal to extend the state’s COVID-19 regulation for another two years — with some significant changes from the COVID-19...
Industry Opposition Causes Agency to Restart Prop. 65 Warning Proposal
A regulatory proposal to upend how businesses present Proposition 65 warnings has been dropped by the state agency in charge so it can come...
Appeals Court Sides with CalChamber in Prop. 65 Ruling on Acrylamide in Food
Last week, California businesses won another victory in the continuing debate over whether the Proposition 65 warning requirement applies to acrylamide in food and...
CalChamber, Coalition Gain Some Changes to Flawed Prop. 65 Warning Rulemaking
A year ago, on January 8, 2021, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed changes to how businesses warn under Proposition 65.
A...