“Newly formed “strike teams” of state inspectors contacted thousands of California businesses over the long Independence Day weekend but issued citations to a relative few as they enforced coronavirus restrictions amid a resurging pandemic.
The problem was worsened because there were no field inspections during the statewide stay-at-home order from mid-March until mid-May, and the group said only about 50 of the 193 inspectors are back in the field. PEER said agency employees reported a backlog of more than 3,000 worker complaints of poor working conditions and an additional delay in investigating worker deaths or serious injuries.”
