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On May 16, Cal-OSHA’s civil division assessed $185,000 in fines for eight serious accident-related safety violations for the November explosion. Yet the near-deadly accident was never referred ...
The Bee’s reporting found numerous troubling examples of how a staffing shortage within the Division of Occupational Health and Safety, also known as Cal-OSHA, causes serious harm both to state ...
Federal OSHA’s 2022 annual evaluation of Cal-OSHA noted, among other issues caused by staffing, that “Cal/OSHA cannot conduct planned inspections of high hazard employers at the national ...
The Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) is a California statute that authorizes aggrieved employees to bring actions for civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California against their employers for California Labor Code violations. [1]
The new law directs agencies to adjust their penalties for inflation each year. The maximum OSHA fine for a serious violation is $13,653 (which can be assessed daily after a failure to "abate" the violation) and the maximum fine for a repeat or willful violation is $136,532. [31]
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]
Return the completed form to the region’s OSHA office at 2296 Henderson Mill Road, NE, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30345. You can also call the office at 770-493-6644 or 800-321-6742.
An investigation was conducted by the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA), which protects the public and workers from safety hazards and enforces the U.S. State of California's occupational and public safety laws. [8] In 2009, Cal/OSHA fined UCLA $31,875 for violations relating to the fire and in 2012, the Los ...