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Is Your Facemask Protecting You?
The coronavirus pandemic sent individuals, companies and even whole countries scrambling to buy up scarce masks and other critical medical supplies. Author: Associated Press, Bill McGinty Published:...
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Fall Biz Update: 1-Hour Virtual Event: “Stay Safe”
Please Join the CalWorkSafety & HR Fall Business Update: 1-Hr. Virtual Event:“STAY SAFE” TOPICS: AB 2557: Changes to Independent Contractor ClassificationsChanges to the COVID-19 Return to Work...
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Top Work Injury Causes & What Companies Must Do
The annual Workplace Safety Index ranks the top 10 causes of disabling work-related injuries and we tell you how you can ensure you aren’t part of these statistics. Liberty Mutual’s 2020 Workplace...
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New Study Finds Dining Out Increases Chances of Catching Coronavirus
The report shows adults infected with the virus were more than twice as likely to report dining out in the 14 days before getting sick. Author: David Gonzalez (KHOU) Published: September 12, 2020...
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Cal/OSHA Drops the Hammer on Employers and Issues COVID-19 Safety Citations
By: Thomas B. Song Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP Last month we forecasted that Cal/OSHA was primed to issue COVID-19 safety citations in the near future. Low and behold those predictions...
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IRS Issues Guidelines to President’s Payroll Tax Deferral Order
By CalChamber August 31, 2020 The U.S. Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidelines to President Donald Trump’s payroll tax deferral executive order on Friday night,...
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Employee Training Really Matters
TRAINING SUCCESS STORY CPR SAVES THE DAY …While riding home from work, three co-workers were “off the clock and off company property” when one of them began having a problem breathing and became...
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High Heat Warnings: How to Keep Outdoor Workers Safe
By Katie Culliton August 18, 2020 33 Cal Chamber As California experiences record-breaking temperatures — excessive heat warnings and watches have been issued throughout California, including...
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Are You In Compliance? CA Attorney General Enforcement of COVID-19 Rules
Some of the items that the California Attorney General’s Office is looking for include, but are not limited to the following: PRODUCE ALL DOCUMENTS IIPP in each language available during “relevant...
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COVID-19 and a New Hire’s Expired Identity Document
HRWatchdog August 3, 2020 We just hired an employee who doesn’t have a current identity document. Her driver license expired on April 1, and she says that she hasn’t been able to renew it due to...
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California Releases ‘Employer Playbook for a Safe Reopening
Jessica Mulholland July 27, 2020 Cal Chamber On July 24, 2020, when the reported number of COVID-19 cases in California surpassed 425,000, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new playbook — called the...
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What Businesses Can Do to Ease the Transition When Reopening Their Doors
As governments start easing stay-at-home orders and other restrictions, businesses that closed their doors to help contain the COVID-19 spread will be permitted to reopen, some sooner than others and...
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California Officials Rolling Back Reopening As Coronavirus Surge Creates New...
Los Angeles Times, By Rong-Gong Lin II, Alex Wigglesworth July 13, 2020 With the coronavirus death toll in California jumping past 7,000 and cases continuing to surge, more parts of the state are...
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LA County Changes COVID-19 Guidance
July 1, 2020 – Jackson Lewis LLP. NEW- requirement to report if 3 or more employees in a workplace are identified with COVID-19 Los Angeles County has been the epicenter of COVID-19 in California, and...
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Heat Illness – A Real Menace
Workplace Safety Measures and Heat Illness Tools Now approaching the summer season heat and as employers begin to return to work (RTW) after months of COVID-19 quarantine, they may be out of shape,...
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Employers Must Post Certain Notices Upon Re-opening in Orange, San Diego, and...
May 30, 2020 from Payne & Fears PC As counties move to re-open businesses, many counties have issued requirements for businesses to post notices regarding their compliance with safe re-opening...
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California’s Resilience Roadmap and Guidance to Employers for Stage Two...
By Susan E. Groff, Cepideh Roufougar, Jonathan A. Siegel, Peter M. Waneis and Cecilie E. Read May 11, 2020 California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a plan to allow the limited reopening of some...
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California Orders Insurers to Pay Back Premiums Due to Virus
Ricardo Lara, California’s Insurance Commissioner California insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday ordered insurers in the state to refund some March and April premium payments to...
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Cal/OSHA Interim COVID-19 Guidelines
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) notified California employers of its new interim guidelines for general industry employers on the 2019 Coronavirus Disease...
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Completing/Filing Revised Cal-OSHA Form 300A Now Mandatory
As Of 2-1-20 … Cal/OSHA’s Form 300A Is Now Mandatory to California Employers California employers should know that Cal/OSHA’s injury/illness reporting requirements have been revised starting on...
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