New Jersey S4137 establishes an Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program and sets occupational heat stress standards.

New Jersey S4137 establishes an Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The bill mandates the creation of a heat stress standard to protect employees from heat-related illness and injury. Employers must develop and implement a heat-related illness and injury prevention plan, which may include postponing non-essential tasks, increasing rest allowances, providing water, and monitoring environmental heat. The commissioner can issue stop-work orders for violations, and employers can appeal these orders.

New Jersey S4137 establishes an Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program and sets occupational heat stress standards.

New Jersey S4137 establishes an Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The bill mandates the creation of a heat stress standard to protect employees from heat-related illness and injury. Employers must develop and implement a heat-related illness and injury prevention plan, which may include postponing non-essential tasks, increasing rest allowances, providing water, and monitoring environmental heat. The commissioner can issue stop-work orders for violations, and employers can appeal these orders.