Posts Tagged ‘OSHA’
How to Deal with an OSHA Inspection after an Employee Complaint
OSHA will inspect a workplace for a variety of reasons. These include following a worker injury and always after a worker’s death. Inspections may also occur randomly or as part of a program aimed at a particular industry that OSHA has decided to target. Another way an inspection may occur is if an employee contacts…
Read MoreCal/OSHA Model Violence Prevention Plan Has Been Published
Cal/OSHA has published a model plan to help employers comply with a new law requiring that they have in place a workplace violence plan. The model is designed to provide structure for employers to create their own plans. Businesses have the option to use the model plan, create their own or use another plan template.…
Read MoreContractors with No Employees Face New Workers’ Compensation Requirement
A new law will require almost all contractors in California to carry workers’ compensation coverage, regardless of if they have employees or not. According to the author of the bill, State Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) the new law was necessary due to the tendency of many small contractors to claim they have no employees, when…
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