Employers in the United States have a legal and moral imperative to protect the lives and well-being of their workers by providing safe and healthy working conditions. Common sense protections such as water, rest, shade, training, and first aid procedures are crucial for meeting this central obligation to heat-exposed workers.

Heat protections aren’t just the right thing to do, they’re the financially smart thing to do. Establishing heatsafe workplaces and practices can improve employee productivity and morale and reduce preventable costs to employers. Ultimately, the benefits of workplace heat protections outweigh the costs of implementation.

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• Employers and the economy win when heat safeguards help employees achieve their full potential over their working lifetime.
• Well-rested and hydrated workers are more productive and make fewer mistakes than overheated ones.
• Heat-related harms to workers impose preventable financial, time, and reputational costs on employers.

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