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Workers face blistering temperatures again, with little federal protection

by Savannah Maher
Jun 10, 2022
The Biden Administration ordered OSHA to draw up workplace heat standards. How soon will they be in place?
Farmworkers and other laborers could suffer in this weekend's heat wave.
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OSHA expected to issue emergency workplace safety standard

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Mar 15, 2021
The agency did not set safety rules for COVID-19 under the previous administration.
A set of binding national requirements will make it clear to employers what they need to do, said David Michaels, who headed OSHA during the Obama administration.
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California's domestic workers push for safety protections in home settings

by Paulina Velasco
Jul 14, 2020
A measure before the Assembly would eliminate the exclusion of domestic workers from workplace safety law that covers other employees.
The health and safety rules that govern most jobs in California do not currently protect domestic workers, like house cleaners.
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Heat exposure can be deadly for farm workers. Now, advocates are asking the feds to step in

by Eilís O'Neill
Sep 18, 2018
Over the past three decades, about 800 workers have died from heat exposure; almost one in five worked in agriculture.
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