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Bruce Rolfsen

@oshareporter.bsky.social
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Retired senior reporter at Bloomberg Law, covering worker safety, OSHA, MSHA, state plans, misc DOL issues

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
@AFLCIO: 24 Things You Need to Know From the 2026 Death on the Job Report aflcio.org
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America's Unions | AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO is an expression of the hopes and aspirations of the working people of America. We resolve to fulfill the yearning of the human spirit for liberty, justice and community; to advance indivi...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
New Arizona guidelines aim to protect workers from heat, but fall short of enforceable standards www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
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New Arizona guidelines aim to protect workers from heat, but fall short of enforceable standards
Arizona is implementing new workplace heat safety guidelines as summer approaches. They address shade, breaks and water access, but advocates say without enforceable standards, they fall short of prot...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Isolated by Probe, #DOL Chief @SecretaryLCD Returns to DC as Woes Mount. If #Chavez_DeRemer does decide to take a more direct hand in the DOL’s policy initiatives, labor stakeholders said it’s unclear what her policy goals are. news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/isola...
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Isolated by Probe, Labor Chief Returns to DC as Woes Mount (1)
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer returns to Washington, DC on the heels of her year-long America at Work tour as an isolated agency leader facing mounting challenges to impart her mark on the depar...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Cutters of #Silica-Laden Countertop Are Falling Ill. Makers Want Protection From Congress. Bill would bar lawsuits against manufacturers or sellers of engineered stone for injuries that resulted from cutting the product in third-party facilities. nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u... #OSHA
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Quartz Cutters Are Falling Ill. Countertop Makers Want Protection From Congress.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Ogletree-Deakins: #CalOSHA Proposes a New ‘Walkaround Rule’ ogletree.com/insights-res... #OSHA
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Cal/OSHA Proposes a New ‘Walkaround Rule’
On Friday, February 13, 2026, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would vest the agency with discretion to allow additional...
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Pittsburgh's Public Source @publicsource.org · 13/02/2026
U.S. Steel is facing 10 violations and $118,000 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration related to last year’s deadly explosion at the Clairton Coke Works. From @triblive.bsky.social
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U.S. Steel fined $118K for safety lapses in Clairton Coke Works fatal explosion
The company was cited 10 times by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
A #Starlink lab exposed unsuspecting workers to toxic chemicals. Records show #SpaceX didn't act until the state got involved www.investigatewest.org/a-starlink-l...
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SpaceX shrugged off toxic exposure complaints at Starlink lab
Workers say exposure caused serious health issues including a hospitalization and a miscarriage
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs moves the state closer to adopting worker heat-stress safety measures, state #OSHA rules azgovernor.gov/office-arizo...
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Workplace Heat Safety Task Force Delivers Recommendations, Implements Governor Hobbs’ Executive Order
Task Force of business, labor, and industry leaders finalizes Heat Guidelines for Employers, submitted to the Industrial Commission of Arizona
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Veterinarians and their assistants have above average illness/injury rates, #BLS finds. It's more than cat scratch fever. #OSHA bls.gov/opub/ted/202... #BLSdata
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
The Mysterious Death of a Teen at a Hog Farm A 17-year-old worker died at a pork producer in Nebraska run by the governor’s family. Two investigations later, the boy’s mother is still searching for answers. #OSHA www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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The Mysterious Death of a Teen at a Hog Farm
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
As #MSHA's #Silica Rule Faces Political, Legal Challenges #Coal_Miners With #Black_Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under #Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...
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Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/c...
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Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
DOL HQ got an exterior renovation this week. Now, it they'd just brighten up the dreary interior.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Gas valve failure during routine maintenance work may have led to fatal explosion, US Steel says apnews.com/article/clai...
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Gas valve failure during routine maintenance work may have led to fatal explosion, US Steel says
U.S. Steel says preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead, sent 10 to hospitals and damaged part...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
6 people are found dead at a Colorado dairy. Authorities suspect an accident involving gas exposure apnews.com/article/colo...
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6 people are found dead at a Colorado dairy. Authorities suspect an accident involving gas exposure
Authorities say an apparent accident involving exposure to gas at a dairy in Colorado has killed six people.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
California farmworkers keep dying from #heat illness, 20 years after the state government vowed to protect them. latimes.com/california/s... #CalOSHA #OSHA
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Farmworkers keep dying from heat illness, 20 years after California vowed to protect them
Agricultural workers are toiling in the state's worst heat wave this year, amid questions about the state's commitment to ensure their safety.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
#DollarTree's worker safety woes are back. Virginia #OSHA (#VOSH) is seeking a $284,000 fine against a store in Alexandria (my home town) for 4 repeat violations. osha.gov/ords/imis/es...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
#Trump's "skinny budget" for the #DOL in FY2026 makes no mention of #OSHA or #MSHA. (But it does claim #Easter_Seals is a " leftist, DEI-promoting" entity funded, in part, by DOL.) Budget details: aboutblaw.com/bh5s
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
From former OSHA boss David Michaels....
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
.@Dish Network LLC wins administrative court victory over #OSHA. #OSHRC ALJ vacates $124,000 fine and willful violation of fall protection rule during installation work. @JacksonLewisPC represented Dish. Decision is below. www.oshrc.gov/wp-content/u...
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Dish Network, LLC., OSHRC DOCKET No. 23-0180
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
#OSHA general duty clause citation and $13,653 fine against Bobcat Contracting LLC stemming from deaths of two workers in a natural gas explosion vacated by #OSHRC ALJ. @Steptoe_Johnson PLLC represented Bobcat. @atmosenergy Corporation owned pipeline www.oshrc.gov/wp-content/u...
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Bobcat Contracting, LLC., OSHRC DOCKET No. 22-0067
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
#OSHA to host online public hearing on heat stress prevention proposed rulemaking on June 16. www.osha.gov/news/newsrel...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Feds bow to pressure, reinstate head of WTC Health Program www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/05/f...
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Feds bow to pressure, reinstate head of WTC Health Program
Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-Long Island) announced Saturday that HHS had reversed its decision to terminate Howard as it planned to lay off two-thirds of NIOSH staffers.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#Big_Law Mostly Sits Out Industry Response to #Trump Executive Orders Against Law Firms. @arnoldporter, @Freshfields, @FenwickWest, @SusmanGodfrey, and Davis Wright Tremaine (@DWTLaw) were among the large firms signing the brief opposing executive order. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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Big Law Mostly Sits Out Industry Response to Trump Orders (2)
Few large law firms joined an amicus brief backing Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against President Donald Trump over an executive order targeting the firm.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
#OSHRC upholds two #OSHA violations and $11,250 fine against building contractor Montroy Development LLC for endangering workers near excavations at a home construction site in Camillus, NY. oshrc.gov/wp-content/u...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
apnews.com/article/hele... safety agency says workers killed in flooding were given time to evacuate
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Tennessee safety agency says workers killed in flooding were given time to evacuate
A report from the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration says workers at an East Tennessee plastics company who died in flooding from Hurricane Helene had time to evacuate.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
#UPS accused by #OSHA of failing to provide in August adequate first aid protection to drivers in Texas. Faces $167,514 proposed fine for repeat violation. In 2011-'21 OSHA ass't secretary nominee David Keeling oversaw UPS safety efforts. osha.gov/ords/imis/es...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
#Goodyear Tire faces a $1.26 Million fine from Virginia #OSHA. An inspection of Danville plant found 78 alleged violations. The plant has been cited several previous times following deaths and lesser mishaps. osha.gov/ords/imis/es... #VOSH
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
#ElonMusk's #Tesla faces three #OSHA violations, $49,650 fine, stemming from death of construction worker at Austin #Gigaplant. Electric panel being worked on wasn't deenergized, agency says. osha.gov/ords/imis/es...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
#OSHRC ALJ upholds three #OSHA violations, $10,500 fine, against #Prime_International_Shipping LLC (linkedin.com/company/prim...) stemming from worker death. Judge rejected claim that endangered workers were independent contractors, not Prime employees. oshrc.gov/wp-content/u...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
In a Federal District Court, #Fabcon Precast LLC Pleads Guilty in Worker Death Case. Company willfully violated #OSHA rule. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ohio-...
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Department of Justice | Homepage | United States Department of JusticeLock
Official website of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ’s mission is to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threat...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Senate Labor Cmte set to vote Feb. 27 on @LChavezDeRemer's nomination for #DOL secretary. help.senate.gov/hearings/nom... Cmte will also hold Feb. 27 hearing on nomination of Keith Sonderling as dep sec.
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Nomination | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
#OSHA violations against #Schindler_Elevator Corp and $26,787 fine were vacated by an #OSHRC ALJ who concluded the agency incorrectly cited the company using standards for general industry when the work was actually construction. @SchindlerNA www.oshrc.gov/wp-content/u...
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Schindler Elevator Corp, OSHRC Docket No 24-0070
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
.@ElonMusk’s #DOGE to Lead #Trump White House Purge of Federal Regulations. Would enable DOGE to declare #OSHA, #MSHA rules exceed agency authority. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
At Confirmation Hearing, Trump #DOL Sec Nominee @LChavezDeRemer Walks Back Past Support of PRO Act Bill. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-... news.bloomberglaw.com
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Bloomberg Law News
Stay ahead of legal developments and gain critical insights with news from Bloomberg Law.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Bloomberg Law: #Trump Selects Former #Amazon, #UPS Safety Director #David_Keeling to Lead #OSHA, #Wayne_Palmer for #MSHA. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
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Trump Selects Former Amazon, UPS Safety Director to Lead OSHA
President Donald Trump plans to nominate David Keeling to head the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, according to a White House document sent to congressional staff and...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
TV Programming note. Just in case you were planning to watch @LChavezDeRemer 's #DOL sec confirmation hearing today, change your plans, reprogram the DVR. The 5ish inches of snow in DC led to the hearing's delay until Feb. 19. New details below. www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nom... #OSHA #MSHA
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Nomination of Lori M. Chavez-DeRemer to serve as Secretary of Labor | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
OSH Review Commission vacated #OSHA repeat violation citation against @Trinity_Solar LLC, $85,938 fine stemming from the fatal fall of a rooftop solar panel installer. oshrc.gov/assets/1/6/2... The worker was wearing harness at the time of the fall and Trinity had previously installed rope lines.
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Trinity Solar LLC, as a successor to Trinity Solar Inc., OSHRC DOCKET No. 23-0712
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
#Amanda_Laihow Set to Be #OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Pick, the agency's #2 political appointee. No Senate confirmation required. Laihow served as #OSHRC commissioner and attorney. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
#AFLCIO, Other Groups Sue to Block #DOGE Labor Department Data Access. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-... #OSHA #MSHA
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Union Group Sues to Block DOGE Labor Department Data Access (1)
A coalition of unions and a worker advocacy organization are suing to block the Department of Government Efficiency from gaining entry to the US Labor Department’s computer systems.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
#Tesla's Fremont, Calif. auto plant cited by #CalOSHA for serious violation of state's outdoors worker heat stroke protection rule. $13,500 fine sought. Fed #OSHA doesn't have a rule. www.osha.gov/ords/imis/es... #ElonMusk
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
#OSHRC vacates #OSHA #workplace_violence citation for shooting death of mall security guard and $14,502 fine. Decision shows limits of agency’s workplace violence regulations. #Littler represented employer. www.oshrc.gov/assets/1/18/...
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Professional Security Consultants, Inc., OSHRC DOCKET No. 22-0597
Some personal identifiers have been redacted for privacy purposes.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
#OSHA's 2015 guidance on #transgender workers' access to restrooms has been stricken from the agency's current documents. It was policy during #Obama, #Trump1, and #Biden administrations. You can still read the policy here: web.archive.org/web/20250119...
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
A Look Back and a Look at What’s Ahead for the Mine Safety and Health Administration ogletree.com/insights-res...
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A Look Back and a Look at What’s Ahead for the Mine Safety and Health Administration
With the January 2025 return of President-elect Donald Trump to the White House, mine operators can expect the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to undergo a transition in 2025.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
#Google to Fight #NLRB Over Joint Employer Finding in D.C. Circuit Fed Court news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
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Google to Fight NLRB Over Joint Employer Finding in D.C. Circuit
Google LLC will try to convince a federal appeals court that it has no obligation to bargain with a union representing YouTube contract workers.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulation Sunsets February 3, 2025 ogletree.com/insights-res...
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Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulation Sunsets February 3, 2025
The last California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) COVID-19 regulation came into effect on February 3, 2023, with provisions scheduled to sunset on February 3, 2025. There have ...
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