withersailor@aussie.zone to World News@beehaw.org · 1 year agoDeath on the Job: Texas Says "NO" To Water Breaks in the Heat103kkcn.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down10
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minus-squaretchotchony@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not in effect yet, starting september. Now I know absolutely nothing about US law, but can’t OSHA itself fight this?
minus-squarewithersailor@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s a thing about these laws. Fighting them isn’t as quick as passing them. I would hope it’s thrown out, but people will die in the meantime.
minus-squarePigeon@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOSHA is really, really, really underfunded, to the point most OSHA complaints go uninvestigated, iirc.
It’s not in effect yet, starting september. Now I know absolutely nothing about US law, but can’t OSHA itself fight this?
That’s a thing about these laws. Fighting them isn’t as quick as passing them. I would hope it’s thrown out, but people will die in the meantime.
OSHA is really, really, really underfunded, to the point most OSHA complaints go uninvestigated, iirc.