Tag: Standards Board

News Notes: New Ergonomics Rules Close To Adoption

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Apr 1, 1997 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

Revised workplace ergonomics rules may be adopted as early as the April 17, 1997 meeting of the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board. We reported in February that California’s ergonomics rules had to be scrapped and rewritten to be less confusing. The reworded regulations have now been prepared. They aim to clarify these main […]

News Notes: Historic Ergonomics Regulations Stalled

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Feb 1, 1997 Uncategorized

Updated: Feb 1, 1997

California’s new workplace ergonomics rules won’t take effect until they are rewritten to make them easier to understand. The California Office of Administrative Law, which must approve all new state regulations, has just rejected the rules and asked for clarification of several different sections. The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board expects to have […]