“States Can Act Now to Create Workplace Heat Standards” (NRDC)
“One of today’s hottest topics in worker health and safety is whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will finalize a heat standard that was proposed under the Biden administration. Unlike other OSHA rules that have been weakened, rolled back, or shelved since President Trump took office, this proposed heat standard is still on the agency’s to-do list. In the meantime, high-risk workers across much of the country are facing the possibility of yet another hotter-than-average summer, and stakeholders and legislators are trying to figure out how to keep them safe with state-level standards … ”
Published May 19, 2026