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Cal/OSHA reports falling vacancy rate but advocates press for more funding and studies
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Cal/OSHA officials told the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 that the division's long-standing staffing shortfall is improving but remains a priority as lawmakers weigh budget choices.
Cal/OSHA officials told the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 that the division's long-standing staffing shortfall is improving but remains a priority as lawmakers weigh budget choices.
"Eighteen months ago Cal/OSHA's vacancy rate was around 35% and at December 2024 it was down to about 23%," Josh Iverson, chief financial officer at the Department of Industrial Relations, said during the hearing. Agency witnesses said that the department has added roughly 100 net staff in the division over the past 18 months and called out emergency-hire authority granted in Assembly Bill 171 and contracted classification and workload studies as steps to accelerate hiring and…
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