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Senate committee advances bill creating rebuttable presumption for farmworker heat‑related injuries when heat‑safety rules are violated
Summary
AB 1336 would create a rebuttable presumption that a farmworker’s heat‑related injury is work‑related when an employer violated state heat‑illness prevention standards; the Senate committee referred the bill to Appropriations.
Assemblymember Addis presented AB 1336, the Farmworker Heat Illness Prevention Act, saying the bill creates a rebuttable presumption in workers’ compensation for heat‑related illness or death when employers fail to comply with California’s outdoor heat‑illness prevention standards.
Nut graf: Supporters argued that enforcement limitations at Cal/OSHA and a growing number of heat‑related deaths mean employers need stronger economic incentives to comply; opponents said Cal/OSHA enforcement…
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