Editor's note: Viewing this story in our app? Click here for a better experience on our website. If you’ve ever wanted to spend your career making sure California workers are safe on the job, the ...

According to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), California’s new heat illness prevention rules for indoor workplaces became effective on July 23, 2024. Cal/OSHA’s ...

Farmworkers harvest banana peppers at a farm near the town of Helm on July 1, 2025. [Photo: Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local] A new audit from the California State Auditor has revealed ...

Starting July 1, 2024, California employers across all industries must have a written Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (“WVPP”) in place. As previously reported, the recently enacted SB 553 ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has broken its silence on the staffing crisis at Cal-OSHA. But former agency employees say they’re underwhelmed by the governor’s vague response to a four-month ...

Editor's note: Viewing this story in our app? Click here for a better experience on our website. Carlos Castro doesn’t remember the day he became paraplegic. He only knows what happened through the ...

In a review of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health published Thursday, state auditors found understaffing was a primary factor leading inspectors to skip in-person inspections of ...

If you’ve ever wanted to spend your career making sure California workers are safe on the job, the state’s workplace safety agency needs you now more than ever. California’s Division of Occupation of ...

California’s worker safety agency is under-inspecting workplaces after accidents and worker injuries, failing to enforce labor regulations in a way that “may undermine” them because it does not have ...