US EditionCoalition Urges New Mexico Environment Department to Implement Heat Exposure Rule
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Coalition urges New Mexico Environment Department to implement Heat Exposure Rule
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A coalition of organizations is calling on the New Mexico Environment Department to keep workers safe against New Mexico's heat. The state department is proposing a rule to establish a heat risk and illness plan for workers. Employers would be required to conduct a heat exposure assessment and implement control measures like access to water, paid rest breaks, cooling areas, and personnel monitoring. ‘Major renovation’ pl…
New Maryland Heat Safety Standard Protects Workers - UFCW Local 400
To protect workers from heat-related illness, the state of Maryland has implemented a new Heat Safety Standard that requires employers to monitor and protect their employees. The Heat Safety Standard applies to indoor and outdoor workplaces when employees are exposed to a heat index — what the temperature feels like when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature — of 80 degrees or higher. It couldn’t be more timely — extreme heat ki…
As of 1 July 2025, the heat wave will no longer only be synonymous with thermal discomfort: it will trigger a surge of new obligations for all companies in France. A new decree, published on 27 May 2025, changes in depth the employers' responsibilities in the face of the high heats. This major reform, resulting from the Labour Code, follows the rise of heat waves and is part of an increasingly brutal climate disruption. Summer 2022 had already b…
France is preparing for a hot season by introducing new labour standards to protect workers from extreme temperatures.
In France, from July 1, new rules designed to guarantee the rights of workers when working in extreme heat will come into force.
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