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Ahead of another summer of record-breaking temperatures, the Fair Food Program — a major partnership between retailers, farmers, and farmworkers — offers the strongest legally binding protocols in the nation to keep the state’s workers safe when weathering extreme conditions.
Periodic breaks under shaded areas, available water and nearby bathrooms are some of the measures granted to these workers, the strongest in the country
Quality Journalism for Critical Times From the east to the west, two states in the U.S. — Florida and Arizona — have something in common: Extreme heat. But those states could play out in different ways when it comes to workforce heat protections, particularly as temperatures are rising. Soon, Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to approve or veto a bill […] The post Legislation in Florida would ban local workplace heat protections; Arizona just approved measures appeared first on Florida Phoenix.
To spur demand and send a strong signal for beneficial private sector innovation and scale, the federal government can lead by example to drive the market for products and services that build heat resilience.
Without a federal heat stress standard, there is no way to ensure the adoption of heat stress prevention strategies to protect vulnerable workers.