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-square25fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down10cross-posted to: politics@kbin.social
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minus-squaretchotchony@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 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-squarePigeon@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoOSHA is really, really, really underfunded, to the point most OSHA complaints go uninvestigated, iirc.
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.
It’s not in effect yet, starting september. Now I know absolutely nothing about US law, but can’t OSHA itself fight this?
OSHA is really, really, really underfunded, to the point most OSHA complaints go uninvestigated, iirc.
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.