Labor

The Biden administration is moving forward with a proposal that would require heat protections for workers across the country.

DeSantis said, "the bill does not include the means to enforce this limitation and could pave the way for housing of illegal alien workers.”

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A tragic bus accident killed 8 legal migrant farmworkers and injured dozens more who are now caught in a legal, immigration and medical limbo because their visas have expired before their treatments are complete.

A new study cites “strong and robust evidence that excessive heat increases the frequency of injuries” to workers, particularly in the South.

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Patró Mabíli, ready to elucidate. Despite 2023 being deemed the hottest year on record the Republican Governor of Florida bans local governments from protecting workers from heat and limits police oversight board. Also world markets...

More than 90 organizations signed on to letters to DeSantis opposing this preemption bill and seeking a veto.

The 2023 law includes restrictions such as preventing union dues from being deducted from public workers’ paychecks.

The bill would prevent local governments from imposing requirements on contractors about wages and worker heat-exposure protections.

The new law will ease decades-old regulations on the hours that 16- and 17-year-old Floridians can work.

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