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Commission debates heat-illness recommendation; author to revise language after legal and operational questions
Summary
Commissioners debated a proposed recommendation to incentivize employer-provided heat breaks. Commissioners sought clarity on state preemption, alignment with OSHA, operational detail and how incentives would be administered; the author will revise the proposal for circulation.
The Austin Travis County Public Health Commission discussed a draft recommendation aimed at reducing heat-related illness among outdoor workers and voted to continue refining it rather than advancing a final resolution.
Commissioner Anna Dollhausen, the recommendation's author, proposed a simple incentive-based standard that would encourage employers to provide a 10-minute break with water every three hours during the May'September period.…
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