The research found that state rules requiring water and rest breaks when it’s hot address a wide range of dangers. Workplace protections against heat-related illnesses can also reduce a raft of other ...

On a sweltering afternoon in July 2020, Belinda Ramones got a call that her brother was in the hospital. The call was from a woman at the Hillsborough County landscaping business that he had joined ...

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