Record heat is dangerous for workers outside. Even so, Governor Abbott just signed a law preventing local communities from enacting laws for mandatory water breaks.
  • tchotchony@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    It’s not in effect yet, starting september. Now I know absolutely nothing about US law, but can’t OSHA itself fight this?

    • Pigeon@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      OSHA is really, really, really underfunded, to the point most OSHA complaints go uninvestigated, iirc.