The Heat Workforce Standards Act would prevent the proposed OSHA Heat Standard from adding burdensome one-size-fits-all mandates on small businesses. This proposed Heat Standard adds unworkable paid break mandates, supervision requirements, and paperwork burdens that could force small businesses to hire dedicated staff or make other accommodations to comply with the standard.

NFIB sent a letter to the U.S. Senate in support of the Heat Workforce Standards Act, urging lawmakers to protect small businesses from overreaching heat regulations. NFIB also led a coalition letter detailing how stopping the proposed heat standard will benefit small businesses nationwide.

Small businesses already work to combat heat-related injuries or illness and to keep workers safe. They do not need the federal government to impose new unworkable one-size-fits-all mandates and paperwork requirements. A federal heat standard is an unnecessary new regulatory hurdle for small businesses to jump through that could force them to close or sell off to a larger competitor.

Read NFIB’s full letter to the U.S. Senate and the small business coalition letter for further insight on this burdensome threat.

Take Action: Share with Congress how this one-size-fits-all heat standard would impact your small business.