Safety rules and regulations: notice.

Assembly Member Ortega's workplace safety legislation would add email addresses to the mandatory contact information that California employers must display on workplace safety notices, expanding the current requirement to post only physical addresses and phone numbers for Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) offices.

The measure maintains the existing framework for safety notices while incorporating digital communication channels. Under current law, DOSH prepares notices containing information about workplace safety rules, regulations, and employee rights, which employers must post in both English and Spanish. These notices outline workers' rights to report unsafe conditions, request safety inspections, refuse dangerous work, and receive hazardous substances information. The proposed change would require DOSH to include email addresses alongside physical addresses and phone numbers for their nearest office locations.

DOSH would continue to develop regulations specifying notice content, placement requirements, and quantity standards for employer compliance. The division would provide updated notices to employers for workplace posting, maintaining the current system of notice distribution while adding the new contact method.