In the spirit of the season, we are using our annual "12 Days of California Labor and Employment" blog series to address new California laws and their impact on employers. On the sixth day of the holidays, my labor and employment attorney gave to me six geese a-laying and AB 2975, AB 1976, and SB 1350.
Workplace safety was at the forefront this year, and at the start of 2025, there will be multiple new additions to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.
AB 2975 requires hospitals to amend their mandatory workplace violence prevention plan to further protect healthcare workers and other facility personnel from aggressive and violent behavior. Hospitals will be required to implement a weapons detection screening policy that requires the use of weapons detection devices that automatically screen a person’s body.
The screenings must be handled by trained staff other than a healthcare provider who has successfully completed a minimum of eight hours of training involving the following:
Training can be done in any manner that the hospital deems fit, including individual or group training. Training can occur on multiple days or on the same day.
The requisite screenings would be...
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