AB 2488: Department of Industrial Relations: occupational safety and health.

The bill aims to improve worker safety and safeguard employment rights in California. The California Department of Industrial Relations will contract with the University of California, Berkeley and UCLA to conduct a study on understaffing and vacancies within the division. The study will evaluate the division's staffing and make recommendations for policies to address career pathways to the Compliance Safety and Health Officer classification. The report will include information on understaffing and vacancies, be completed within 18 months, and be made publicly available on the division's website. The bill also requires the department to cooperate with the university and subcontractors, and to hold public meetings to gather stakeholder feedback.