A California workplace safety board Thursday approved a long-delayed rule requiring most employers to reduce the risks of extreme heat for indoor workers. It applies to all employers except state ...

Under the new rule, employers are required to allow workers to take cool ... working conditions from indoor heat exposure,” said Gonzalez, the California Labor Federation president, in her ...

As California temperatures rise, employers are being urged to take proactive steps to protect workers from the dangers of ...

Cal/OSHA released a draft proposal to revise the outdoor and indoor heat illness prevention regulations (8 CCR Sections 3395 ...

With high temperatures increasingly affecting indoor workplaces, a newly enhanced mobile app offers real-time heat stress ...

Here are the key points about this proposed heat standard: 1. Scope and Purpose: The proposed rule aims to protect both indoor and outdoor workers from heat-related illnesses and fatalities.

California workers rally in Sacramento to push for stronger health and safety enforcement systems due to rising climate ...

focusing mostly on outdoor and agricultural workers. California’s § 3395—Heat Illness Prevention in Outdoor Places of Employment—effective in 2005 as an emergency rule, was one of the first ...