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A leading independent voice for #workersafety & #workerhealth / nycosh.org
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NYCOSH @NYCOSH
*Employers* should pay for rest breaks in 90+ heat!

Johon Jose [...] was taking a break with a couple of colleagues between deliveries Monday afternoon.

Protecting himself from heat is “complicated.”

“We don’t have any other option. We have to work.”

gothamist.com/news/nycs-outd…
gothamist.com NYC’s outdoor workers face the test of high temps amid another summer heatwave A bill aimed at bringing a measure of protection to some workers stalled in Albany.
NYCOSH @NYCOSH
Trump may kill federal heat protections for workers, but NYS legislators could have moved forward heat protections in our state and opted not to. 580 heat-related deaths annually in NYC and this summer workers will be without protections yet again.

nytimes.com/2025/06/16/cli…
www.nytimes.com Will Trump End the First Federal Heat Protections for Workers? (Published 2025) As workplace deaths from heat increase, OSHA is debating the future of the first federal rules to protect workers from extreme heat.