Regulations
Redo of Rules for Fire Fighter Protective Clothing Inching Ahead
What is the status of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board review and revision of the regulations for fire fighters’...
Air Board Proposal Makes More Businesses Subject to Its Jurisdiction
Do you get deliveries to your business? I expect you do. Under a new rule being considered by the California Air Resources Board (CARB),...
Wildfire Smoke Protection Emergency Rule Now in Effect for California Employers
An emergency regulation requiring California employers to protect employees from potential harm due to wildfire smoke went into effect on July 29.
Adopted by the...
State Air Resources Board Drops Expansion of Emissions Reporting to Small Businesses
In response to objections raised by the California Chamber of Commerce and other business groups, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has dropped—for now—its...
Proposition 65: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
One cannot travel very far in the Golden State without being bombarded with cancer warnings.
Thanks to Proposition 65, a 1986 voter-approved ballot initiative titled...
CalChamber Objects to Massive Expansion of Air Emissions Reporting Mandate
No Public Hearing Set as Proposed Rule Now Encompasses Small Businesses
Small businesses, including many without in-house air specialists, may soon be required to report...
Conference to Help Businesses Comply with New Prop. 65 Regulations
Regulators and legal experts will discuss how to help companies understand how to comply with the newest Proposition 65 warning regulations at the 14th...
U.S. Labor Agency Gives More Time to Comment on Proposed Rules
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has extended the comment period for two proposed rules—one that revises and clarifies joint-employer arrangements and another that...
Newly ID’d Job Killer Bill Passes Senate Committee
A Senate policy committee this week passed an environmental standard bill identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as a job killer because of...
Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Workplaces
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is in the process of developing regulations to prevent heat illness in indoor workplaces.
A California...
