California

California Repetitive Motion Injury Program
Date: July 26, 2021Category: Author:
California’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) requires covered employers to develop a program that is designed to minimize repetitive motion injuries (RMIs). The program applies to jobs, processes, and operations where RMIs have occurred to more than one employee under the following conditions: Work-related causation: RMIs are predominantly caused (greater than 50%) by a […]

California Sexual Harassment Prevention Training FAQs
Date: October 26, 2020Category: Author:
SB 1343 requires that all employers of 5 or more employees provide 1 hour of sexual harassment and abusive conduct prevention training to non-managerial employees and 2 hours of sexual harassment and abusive conduct prevention training to managerial employees once every two years. Existing law requires the training to include harassment based on gender identity, […]

California Employers Required to Grant Employee Access to Injury and Illness Prevention Plan
Date: March 4, 2020Category: Author:
California’s Occupational Safety and Health Division (Cal/OSHA) requires employers with 10 or more employees to develop and maintain a written Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP). Cal/OSHA recently approved a new rule that will allow employees access to their employer’s IIPP. The rule will also require employers to inform their employees of their right, and […]