HB 805

Abstract

Employment health and safety standards; heatillness prevention. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Boardto adopt regulations establishing reasonable standards designed toprotect employees from heat illness. The measure directs the standardsto apply to all indoor and outdoor places of employment and requireemployers to provide water, shade or a climate-controlled environment,rest periods of 15 to 45 minutes per hour, training, and emergencyresponse procedures. The standards are also directed to require employersin certain industries to implement high-heat procedures when thetemperature is 90 degrees Fahrenheit or warmer. The measure requiresemployers to pay employees one additional hour of pay at his regularcompensation for each workday that it fails to provide the employeewith a required rest period. The measure authorizes a person to bring a court action based on a violation in which he may seek to obtaininjunctive relief; to recover damages of $500 or actual monetaryloss, whichever is greater; or both.