Regulations
New COVID-19 Workplace Rules Explained
In Episode 122 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, and employment law experts Robert Moutrie and Matthew...
New COVID-19 Workplace Rules Align with CDC, State Health Dept. Guidelines
This week, the Standards Board of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) adopted revisions to the COVID-19 emergency workplace rules.
The changes...
Cal/OSHA to Revise COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Again
Revisions to California’s COVID-19 workplace emergency temporary standard (ETS) were delayed again this week at a special meeting of the Cal/OSHA Standards Board, but...
Cal/OSHA Delays Vote on COVID-19 Emergency Rule Amendments
Employers will have to wait a little longer to know what is coming for California’s COVID-19 workplace emergency temporary standard (ETS).
The California Division of...
CalChamber-Led Coalition Fights Costly Prop. 65 Warning Change
Proposed changes to Proposition 65 warning rules just two years after they went into effect will invite new frivolous enforcement actions against businesses and...
Cal/OSHA Gathering Feedback on COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
The Cal/OSHA advisory committee’s February meetings on the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) offer some hints as to the future of California’s ETS.
Before the...
California Releases Employer COVID-19 Compliance Portal
As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches the one-year mark, federal, state and local governments have spent the last year continually developing new laws, regulations, ordinances,...
Proposed Change to Prop. 65 Warning Rules Will Increase Business Costs
WARNING: Everything in California May Cause Cancer.
That is the likely conclusion if one were to believe every Proposition 65 warning they encounter. So ubiquitous...
CalChamber Urges Pull Back of Emergency COVID Rules
The California Chamber of Commerce urged the California Legislature this week to correct a series of costly COVID-19 workplace mandates imposed through an emergency...
CalChamber Asks Cal/OSHA to Delay Enforcing Emergency COVID-19 Rules
The California Chamber of Commerce is urging the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) to delay enforcement of the emergency COVID-19 rules.
The...
