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Employers must implement and train employees on their Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (WVPP) by the July 1, 2024 deadline. To help employers meet this deadline, CEA has created a unique training opportunity on May 2, 2024, when our subject matter experts will go over the new WVPP requirements and provide practical guidance to create, implement, and maintain your WVPP.

COVID-19 issues impacting the workplace have been ever-changing over the past 18 months. On a state and local level, vaccine mandates are popping up for certain businesses and customers. You may be wondering whether you can or should mandate the vaccine, the limitations on vaccine mandates, and what to expect going forward. 

As the COVID-19 hospitalizations decline and vaccinations increase, more employers are requiring employees to return to the office. A frequent question on our HR Advisor Hotline is whether an employer can fire an employee if they refuse to come back to work?   

In response to President Biden's Executive Order, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") issued updated guidance on January 29, 2021, regarding how most employers should address COVID-19 in the workplace.

Every year from February 1st thru April 30th, most employers* are required to post Cal/OSHA Form 300A in a conspicuous place where you normally post employee posters.

Generally, employers may require employees to be vaccinated, so long as the vaccination is job-related, consistent with business necessity, and the employer makes reasonable accommodations for disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs. But, perhaps the better question is should you require it?

The Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board unanimously adopted emergency temporary standards to protect workers from hazards related to COVID-19. The emergency standards will be in effect immediately if approved by the Office of Administrative Law in the next 10 calendar days.

What to do when an employee refuses to wear a mask? Beginning June 18, all Californians were required to wear face coverings in common indoor spaces and outdoors whenever social or physical distancing is not possible. Employers want to do everything they can to keep employees safe when they report for work and happy/healthy when they head home.

Earlier this month, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order that presumes an employee who works onsite and then tests positive with COVID-19 was most likely infected at work and is entitled to workers' compensation benefits. This is a very surprising and concerning executive order.

CEA's HR Advisor team answers the top questions we've been getting from our members as California companies prepare to bring back their workforce. 

If you have been paying attention to national news recently, you likely have heard of the tragic shooting at the Henry Pratt Company in Illinois.