Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/climate/employee-heat-protection-laws.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lk8.ALhW.-S8MSodkDn47

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Governments around the world are enacting measures to try to protect workers from the dangers of heat stress. They’re barely keeping up with the risks.

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QueenFern@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Except in Florida

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- silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Florida and Texas have both made protecting workers difficult in lots of ways — including bans on local heat protection laws
  
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