On July 1, 2026, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) issued a notice of proposed modifications to the ...

A settlement announced this week now affirms that private immigrant detention facilities are subject to California's ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – In a landmark settlement, one of Kern County’s immigration detainment centers has been ordered to pay thousands of dollars for violating workers’ personal rights. The ...

The private prison operator, GEO Group, will pay a civil penalty as part of the settlement with Cal/OSHA.

California farm groups and ag-tech advocates are urging the Cal/OSHA Health and Safety Standards Board to slow down and rethink its new blueprint for regulating autonomous agricultural equipment, ...

Governor Gavin Newsom has reshuffled the chairs in a board that has often served as an impediment to scaling up agtech adoption in California. And the change may be paying off for the industry. Joseph ...

California workplace safety regulators will integrate the recent Medline warehouse fire in Tracy into an ongoing inspection.

As temperatures climb into the 90s across Southern California, Cal/OSHA is reminding employers to protect outdoor and indoor workers from heat illness through water, shade, rest breaks, and training.

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 ...

Workplace safety regulators urge companies to provide water and rest breaks as temperatures climb toward 100 degrees.

On July 1, 2026, Cal/OSHA took another step toward implementing a California variation of federal OSHA’s “worker walkaround rule” by posting ...