The Florida State Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit local agencies from implementing heat protections for workers. The GOP-controlled Senate voted 28-11 to pass the bill, which would…
What do you think happens when a city opts to make a really shitty heat policy because “fuck em”, then a company works someone to death in the heat and their family has issues even suing or getting much from the company because instead of “our company policy on weather was garbage and not good enough” it’s a case of “we were following the cities safety protocols”.
The state needs to make a good policy for it. Not let dozens of different ones, or choosing to not have one at all, happen.
In true ex-Reddit fashion I didn’t read the article, but what I see here is only preventing locales from creating their own worker safety rules. If this is a two-parter establishing consistent rules across the state, people would be all for it. However it’s not. It’s only negative. It’s only consolidation of power without implementing that good policy. It’s only preventing other layers of government from improving worker safety
What do you think happens when a city opts to make a really shitty heat policy because “fuck em”, then a company works someone to death in the heat and their family has issues even suing or getting much from the company because instead of “our company policy on weather was garbage and not good enough” it’s a case of “we were following the cities safety protocols”.
The state needs to make a good policy for it. Not let dozens of different ones, or choosing to not have one at all, happen.
Great! But are they?
In true ex-Reddit fashion I didn’t read the article, but what I see here is only preventing locales from creating their own worker safety rules. If this is a two-parter establishing consistent rules across the state, people would be all for it. However it’s not. It’s only negative. It’s only consolidation of power without implementing that good policy. It’s only preventing other layers of government from improving worker safety