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As Workers Toil in High Heat, Maryland Poised to Pass New Labor Standards
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 June 19, 2024 | HEALTH & SAFETY | […] Climate change is helping to fuel higher temperatures every summer, with 2023 being the hottest year on record since global record keeping began in 1850. As heat advisories and watches get issued across the state, workers continue on the job. The Maryland Department of Labor is set to pass a proposed heat standard to keep them safer, but it may not come until the worst of summer heat has passed. …Just a handful of states have heat standards, and Maryland will be the first on the east coast. WYPR
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