Farmworker organizations this week released the results of a new study aimed at understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic has been impacting farmworkers.

AB 2043 would mandate statewide adoption of Cal/OSHA guidelines and direct the agency to increase enforcement.

Appropriations Committees will hold auction-style hearings to consider hundreds of bills tagged with potential fiscal costs to the state.

Signup arrives for COVID-19 payments * USDA pressed for farmworker protections

The agency is protecting outdoor workers by requiring employers supply N95 respirators when the air quality index hits an unhealthy level due to wildfire smoke.

Asm. Rivas said the state has “a moral responsibility, a moral duty to protect the vulnerable.”

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, California’s state government is navigating a new world as leaders take the first steps in organizing public meetings from their dinner tables.

Cal/OSHA issues guidelines for protecting workers from coronavirus * EPA fines San Francisco-based Wilbur-Ellis over pesticide mishandling * California wine grape processing declined in 2019