Ignoring Cal-OSHA is not the smartest thing to do. How does an employer ignore OSHA in the first place?  Employers who choose not to comply to the standards and policies that have been set in place for the purpose of providing a safe environment for employees to work...

More often that not we get phone calls or e-mail inquiries about the California Injury & Illness Prevention Program after someone has been cited for not being compliant with the rules associated with this program.  The keyword in this phrase is prevention.  We...

Kimberly-Clark Under Investigation If there is one thing that you should have learned by reading our blog posts, it is that no one is immune to Cal-OSHA, California Labor Laws or the penalties and lawsuits that companies will run into if you don’t abide by the state...

Cal-OSHA fines stick even after several appeals. Barrett Business Services was cited in 2011 for a carbon monoxide incident that sent at least eight employees to the hospital. After several appeals, Cal-OSHA fines stand and  Barrett Business Services ends up paying...

Effective March 1 the new California Restroom Sign Law became enforceable. Now all restrooms that are a single toilet facilitate must now be identified as an all-gender bathroom. Well, now I have seen it all. I am very sad to say this is not a joke nor an early April...

Employers Should Be Very Careful For example, this is not a policy that you should want to hide from your employees.  But rather employers should let their employees know either thru their employee handbook or a non-expectation of privacy policy form that the employee...