• Four_lights77
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    1 year ago

    Business groups and lobbyists have aggressively opposed efforts at state and federal levels to enact heat protection standards for workers, claiming employers already practice what a standard would mandate, expressing concerns about the burden on employers, and claiming the efforts take a “wrong approach”.

    No matter what regulations were implemented, regulators would have to watch them like a hawk to make sure they complied anyway. Also - people wouldn’t be dying if the current standards were sufficient for the current climate.

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      1 year ago

      Having the rules in place allows them to prosecute or punish if something bad happens. They don’t need continuous monitoring. Investigating employee reports is fine.

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      1 year ago

      “We don’t need your standards, we already do all of that!”

      Also, “We can’t afford to do all of that!”