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The Debate: Should there be a legal maximum temperature for offices?

As London summers heat up, is it time the UK mandates a maximum working temperature for the office? Two writers go head to head in this week’s Debate Legislation on maximum workplace temperatures are ...
JD Supra

Illinois’ Proposed Workplace Extreme Temperature Safety Act: Key Provisions and Status Update

The trend of states proposing or adopting heat illness prevention standards continues, with Illinois attempting to become the first Fed/OSHA state (for private employers) with a general industry ...
Las Vegas Sun

High temperatures mean more workplace injuries, study finds

With hotter temperatures come more heat-related workplace injuries — about 28,000 injuries each year, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Environmental Health. Scientists have ...
The San Bernardino Sun

Climate change is an on-the-job hazard for these Inland Empire workers, report says

Feeling the heat at work takes on a new and hazardous meaning for many Inland Empire workers thanks to climate change, according to a new report from a UC Riverside think tank. “With projections for ...
AOL

Hotter temperatures mean more workplace injuries, study finds

Construction workers build a new home this past August on a property that burned in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif. Hotter temperatures result in more workplace injuries, according to a new study. ...