Will the Nation’s First Heat Protection Standard Safeguard the Most Vulnerable Workers?

The Biden administration finally proposed federal heat protection standards last week, more than half a century after federal experts first outlined the need for such rules. The Nixon administration proposed detailed recommendations to safeguard workers in hot environments in 1972, a few years after Congress established the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or … Continue reading Will the Nation’s First Heat Protection Standard Safeguard the Most Vulnerable Workers?