After receiving more than 40 public comments and holding a public meeting on its proposed wildfire smoke emergency regulation, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (which is known as Cal/OSHA) has eased some of the proposed requirements.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shrm/california/~3/jJWMxhoupBA/cal-osha-relaxes-proposed-wildfire-smoke-emergency-regulation.aspx

Uber and Lyft have teamed up to combat proposed legislation in California that would make many of the state’s gig workers employees—rather than independent contractors—unless an exception is added to the bill.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shrm/california/~3/UbT1MmJYwlM/uber-lyft-leaders-speak-out-against-california-bill.aspx

A worker who told his supervisor that he was in pain and going to the doctor didn’t do enough to inform the employer of his disability, so the worker’s bias claim couldn’t proceed, a California appeals court ruled.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shrm/california/~3/5NqOqmb2v0g/employer-unaware-of-worker-disability-defeats-bias-claim.aspx

Federal employment laws apply to an offshore drilling rig worker’s wage and hour claims for time he spent on a platform located more than three miles from the California coast, according to the U.S. Supreme Court.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shrm/california/~3/BAed91F-EWk/california-law-does-not-apply-to-wage-claims-on-oil-drilling-platform.aspx

The California Consumer Privacy Act—which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2020—could impose substantial compliance burdens on and create significant class-action exposure for many California employers.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shrm/california/~3/pHwWRrmmWwE/what-should-employers-do-about-the-california-consumer-privacy-act.aspx