@withersailor@aussie.zone to World News@beehaw.org • 2 years agoDeath on the Job: Texas Says "NO" To Water Breaks in the Heat103kkcn.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down10cross-posted to: politics@kbin.social
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minus-square@tchotchony@mander.xyzlinkfedilink1•2 years agoIt’s not in effect yet, starting september. Now I know absolutely nothing about US law, but can’t OSHA itself fight this?
minus-square@withersailor@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilink2•2 years 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-squarePigeonlinkfedilink2•2 years 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.