It’s hot outside! ☀️🌡️🥵 To address this threat to worker safety, the Biden-Harris admin recently proposed “the first-ever federal regulation on heat stress in the workplace.” The rule would help protect millions and reduce heat-related injury & illness: www.epi.org/blog/propose... 🧵1/2

Proposed federal rule would protect workers from extreme heat

In the midst of record-breaking heat waves this summer, workers are facing the risk of heat-related injury, illness, and even death. In fact, heat has become the most prevalent lethal factor among all...

The proposed rule would require employers to allocate time & areas for rest breaks and develop a heat injury & illness prevention plan, among other protections. This is a welcome policy effort to protect workers from the global climate crisis. ✊🏽 ✊🏿 ✊🏾 🌎 🍃 🧵2/2