AFSCME Maryland Educating Workers on New Heat Safety Standards

State takes steps in creating standards protecting workers from heat

AZ is taking its first tentative steps to ensure employers are keeping their workers safe in the heat.

AFSCME Maryland educating workers on new heat safety standards

Marylanders can expect new heat safety standards at work after Maryland became the first state in the region to adopt them.

Maryland Heat Rules Protect Workers This Summer - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

Annapolis, Maryland, May 27, 2025 — As summer heat intensifies, Maryland workers are protected by new heat stress standards that took effect in September 2024, mandating extra breaks when the heat index exceeds 90 or 100 degrees. The regulations, enforced by the Maryland Department of Labor, aim to curb heat-related illnesses and deaths following a sharp rise in 2024, when 27 people died and 1,200 visited emergency rooms due to heat exposure, up…

AFSCME Maryland is educating workers on new heat safety standards

Marylanders can expect new heat safety standards at work after Maryland became the first state in the region to adopt them. “Unfortunately, workers are dying to heat illness. Anything we can do to protect workers when they’re working in hot temperatures, we want to get the word out and make sure we do that,” AFSCME Maryland Council 3 legislative and political director Denise Gilmore said. AFSCME Maryland is working to educate people about the ne…