Category: OSHA Enforcement Inspections
Cal/OSHA Enforcement and Regulatory Update [Webinar Recording]
On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, Andrew Sommer, Fred Walter, and Megan Shaked presented a webinar regarding a Cal/OSHA Enforcement and Regulatory Update. This has been a challenging year for California employers navigating the COVID-19 pandemic with a set of ever-changing regulatory requirements, as well… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA Enforcement and Regulatory Update [Webinar Recording]”
Los Angeles County REINSTATES MASK MANDATE
By Conn Maciel Carey’s COVID-19 Task Force Yesterday, July 16th, 2021, the LA County Department of Public Health released and posted on its website a revised version of its COVID-19 Health Officer Order (“Order”), requiring masks to be worn by everyone, regardless of vaccination status,… Continue Reading “Los Angeles County REINSTATES MASK MANDATE”
Cal/OSHA’s Revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard [Webinar Recording]
On June 18, 2021, Andrew J. Sommer and Eric J. Conn presented a webinar regarding Cal/OSHA’s Revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard. The saga around Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) has taken several bizarre twists and turns. After hurriedly adopting the ETS over Thanksgiving weekend… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA’s Revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard [Webinar Recording]”
Conn Maciel Carey’s 2021 OSHA Webinar Series
As the Trump Administration hands over the keys to President-Elect Biden and a new Democratic Administration, OSHA’s enforcement and regulatory landscape is set to change in dramatic ways, from shifting enforcement priorities, budgets and policies, to efforts to reignite OSHA’s rulemaking apparatus. Following an… Continue Reading “Conn Maciel Carey’s 2021 OSHA Webinar Series”
REMINDER: February 1, 2020 Deadline to Prepare, Certify, & Post OSHA 300A Annual Summaries of Work-Related Injuries: 5 Common Mistakes Employers Make
By Lindsay A. DiSalvo, Dan C. Deacon, and Eric J. Conn This is your yearly reminder about the important February 1st deadline to prepare, certify and post your OSHA 300A Annual Summary of workplace injuries and illnesses, for all U.S. employers, except those with ten or fewer employees… Continue Reading “REMINDER: February 1, 2020 Deadline to Prepare, Certify, & Post OSHA 300A Annual Summaries of Work-Related Injuries: 5 Common Mistakes Employers Make”
Responding to OSHA 11(c) Retaliation Charges, Employee Safety Complaints, and Rapid Response Investigations
By Lindsay A. DiSalvo and Beeta B. Lashkari When OSHA receives a complaint related to worker safety and health or a severe injury report, one action by OSHA is to give the employer an opportunity to respond before it takes the more extreme action of opening an… Continue Reading “Responding to OSHA 11(c) Retaliation Charges, Employee Safety Complaints, and Rapid Response Investigations”
[WEBINAR RECORDING] Important Cal/OSHA Issues that California Employers Must Track
On July 10, 2018, Conn Maciel Carey attorneys Andrew J. Sommer, Eric J. Conn, and Megan S. Shaked presented a webinar: “Key Cal/OSHA Issues that California Employers Must Track.” The state of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, is perhaps the most aggressive and enforcement-heavy… Continue Reading “[WEBINAR RECORDING] Important Cal/OSHA Issues that California Employers Must Track”
Cal/OSHA Compels Hospitality Employers to Clean Up Their Act, Ergonomically Speaking
By Aaron R. Gelb and Andrew J. Sommer Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the single most common type of work-related injury, but federal OSHA has struggled for decades to develop a coherent regulatory and/or enforcement strategy to address the hazards that cause these ergonomic injuries. Where federal OSHA… Continue Reading “Cal/OSHA Compels Hospitality Employers to Clean Up Their Act, Ergonomically Speaking”
Low Hanging Grapes – Cal/OSHA Standards Frequently Cited Against Winemakers
By Andrew J. Sommer and Lindsay A. DiSalvo With the harvest upon us in California wine country, now is a great time to remind wineries and vineyards operating within the Golden Gate of those Cal/OSHA standards most often cited against this industry. The California Division of Occupational… Continue Reading “Low Hanging Grapes – Cal/OSHA Standards Frequently Cited Against Winemakers”
Article: California Supreme Court Ruling on Suitable Seating: Legal and Ergonomics Perspectives
By Andrew J. Sommer, Esq. and Brandy Farris Ware, PhD, CPE, CSSBB A recent California Supreme Court ruling provides crucial new guidance on how courts should weigh the evidence in so-called “suitable seating” cases, which employee litigants are bringing under the state requirement that employers provide… Continue Reading “Article: California Supreme Court Ruling on Suitable Seating: Legal and Ergonomics Perspectives”
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Ashley D. Mitchell
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Andrew J. Sommer
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Beeta B. Lashkari
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Eric J. Conn
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Megan Shaked
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Theresa Green
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