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As of December 22, 2015, Cal/OSHA employed 195 field enforcement officers, 25 of whom received bilingual pay for using a second language at least 10% of the time on the job. [3] The organization offers training materials and paid training time to staff interested in learning other languages and encourages bilingual applicants to apply.
California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990 added section 7872 and 7873 to the Labor Code. On September 25, 1992, AB 2601 was signed into law. [20] It protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination. [21] California was the seventh state to add sexual orientation to laws barring job discrimination. [22]
OSHA's fines are very low compared with other government agencies. They were raised for the first time since 1990 on August 2, 2016, to comply with the 2015 Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act passed by Congress to advance the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent effect.
The accident resulted in an OSHA penalty of $9,126. The company also received a violation in 2014 after a planned inspection found a serious fall hazard. The company's most recent planned ...
The overall vacancy rate at Cal-OSHA is 34%, according to a Bee analysis of the latest organization chart. Among health and safety inspectors, that rate rises to 37%, as Cal-OSHA’s hiring data ...
Feb. 17, 2022: Downrite was cited for three violations, including using accident prevention tags as a substitute for accident prevention signs and moving construction equipment on a road that wasn ...
The Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an agency of the Department of Labor. OSHA was given the authority both to set and enforce workplace health and safety standards. [15] The Act also created the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission to review enforcement priorities, actions and cases ...
Chief of California’s OSHA program steps down as agency vacancy rate reaches historic levels. Maya Miller. December 21, 2023 at 5:00 AM. Maya Miller/The Sacramento Bee.