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Heat protections aren’t just the right thing to do; they’re the financially smart thing to do. Establishing heat safe workplaces and practices can improve employee productivity and morale and reduce preventable costs to employers. Ultimately, the benefits of workplace heat protection outweigh the costs of implementation. NRDC and BGA provide talking points on the economic benefits of workplace heat safeguards in this factsheet.

Further, new rules will need to address the disproportionate impact of heat stress on workers of color, specifically Latines.  Since 2010, Latines have comprised one-third of all worker heat fatalities despite making up just 17% of the U.S workforce. Experts attribute that figure to overrepresentation in industries that have a higher risk of extreme heat exposure, such as agriculture and construction.

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