Florida bans local authorities from issuing heat protections.
In addition to barring local governments from setting a minimum wage higher than state or federal, House Bill 433 prevents municipalities from setting their ownstandards. A statewide standard for heat protection does not exist in Florida, but the bill relies on guidelines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. However, state and local government workers are not covered by federal OSHA.
Two million people in Florida are believed to work in construction and agriculture, including the husband of the bill’s sponsor, state Republican Rep. Tiffany Esposito. . “If we want to talk about Floridians thriving, they do that by having good job opportunities. And if you want to talk about health and wellness, and you want to talk about how we can make sure that all Floridians are healthy, you do that by making sure that they have a good job.
The bill’s passage comes as leaders in Miami-Dade County were looking to implement 10-minute breaks in the shade every two hours for outside construction and farm workers on especially hot days. It was a move that DeSantis and others believed could have had a disastrous impact on jobs. “There was a lot of concern out of one county, Miami-Dade, and I don’t think it was an issue in any other part of the state,” DeSantis said during the press conference. “I think they were pursuing something that was going to cause a lot of problems down there.”This summer, Florida is expected to experience more days with extreme heat compared to the averages over the last 30 years. From 2010 to 2020, the University of Florida recorded 215 heat-related deaths in the state.
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