California Lawmakers May Craft Bills To Speed Cal/OSHA Rules, Enforcement

California lawmakers signaled at a recent hearing that they are open to new legislation that would speed up worker-safety rulemakings and bolster enforcement at the state’s OSHA (Cal/OSHA), after labor representatives complained that several critical safety standards are taking years to complete and enforcement is lacking at best in many key sectors. “As chair of the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment, I’m very concerned about our inability as a state to effectively enforce basic worker protections that were long...