Bill
AB 1110
Requires Cal/OSHA posters to include the nearest Division office email address (with address and phone), boosting workers' access to Cal/OSHA contact.
Status and timeline
- Introduced: February 20, 2025 (Assemblymember Ortega).
- Committee actions: Referred to Labor & Employment (Mar 13); amended and re-referred; passed Assembly Labor & Employment Committee (Do pass 6–0) on April 2, 2025; re‑referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee (Apr 3, 2025).
- Appropriation: No appropriation required (Digest).
Purpose
- Make a targeted update to the workplace safety notice that California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) prepares for employer posting, by requiring the notice to include the email address of the nearest Division office. The bill also makes nonsubstantive wording changes to an unrelated provision governing seasonal labor wage disputes.
Key provisions
- Amends Labor Code §6328:
- Requires the Cal/OSHA notice (the poster employers must post) to include the address, telephone number, and now the email address of the nearest Division office.
- Reaffirms required content that must appear on the notice: employees’ rights to report unsafe conditions; right to request a Division safety inspection; right to refuse work that endangers health or life; right to receive Hazardous Substances Information and Training Act information; employer/division posting and notice requirements; and any other information the Division deems necessary.
- Continues requirement that the Division supply posters to employers “as soon as practical,” promulgate regulations on content/location/number of notices, and print sufficient posters in both English and Spanish.
- Amends Labor Code §253:
- Makes nonsubstantive, primarily editorial changes to existing language requiring the Labor Commissioner to hear and decide wage disputes for seasonal labor and to reject deductions for gambling and liquor debts incurred during employment.
Who is affected
- Employers in California required to post Cal/OSHA notices (all workplaces subject to state occupational safety requirements).
- Employees who rely on posted information to contact Cal/OSHA (including seasonal workers).
- Department of Industrial Relations / Cal/OSHA (administrative update to notice content and regulation of posting).
- Labor Commissioner procedures remain substantively unchanged for seasonal labor wage claims.
Likely impact
- Practical effect is small: improves employee access to Division contact options (email) and modernizes contact information on required posters.
- Minimal administrative or fiscal impact anticipated (update/print revised posters and regulatory adjustments).
- No substantive change to employee rights or Labor Commissioner authority; changes to §253 are editorial.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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