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Lawmakers were split over a House bill to guarantee a state minimum wage for thousands of Virginia farm and migrant workers, with debate around the housing…

OSHA Creates Hot Weather Rules July 9, 2021 In March 2020, Gov. Kate Brown told the Oregon branch of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to create a proposed set of rules aimed at protecting employees from extreme heat and excessive wildfire smoke. This proposal was originally due in July 2021, but was pushed back to September 2021 because of the pandemic.   While Oregon OSHA was putting together this proposal, Oregonians experienced a record-breaking heatwave in June. Temperatu...