California Enacts New Warehousing Safety Law: A Safety News Break Story
California governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB-701, which takes effect January 1st, 2022, a new bill that is aiming to regulate productivity quotas in the warehousing industry. The law will require companies to have transparency around productivity quotas. Although Amazon was not specifically named, it is believed that they were the target of this new law.
To learn more about this bill, and what it could mean for the future of federal warehouse safety regulations, check out the Safety News Break. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to stay up-to-date on the latest in safety and environmental news!
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