Heat Illness Prevention Policy
(CA)

Summary

This template is a heat illness prevention policy for California employers. California law requires employers with indoor or outdoor workplaces to establish, implement, and maintain a Heat Illness Prevention Plan (HIPP) setting forth the employer's procedures regarding access to water and shade, cool-down areas, high heat procedures, emergency response procedures, and heat acclimatization. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate clauses. This template is based on the sample heat illness prevention procedures issued by California's Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and is based on California law. It is intended for private employers. Employers must make the plan available at the worksite to employees and to representatives of the DIR upon request. Also see California's Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Regulation Takes Immediate Effect. For a full listing of key content covering employee handbook considerations, see Employee Handbook Resource Kit. For information on workplace safety and health issues in California, see Workplace Health and Safety Policy (with Acknowledgment) (CA). Also see Cal/OSH Act: Compliance Requirements, OSHA Compliance: California, Brightmine HR & Compliance Center Employment Law Guide 3149, Employee Health: California, Brightmine HR & Compliance Center Employment Law Guide 3230, Workplace Safety: California, Brightmine HR & Compliance Center Employment Law Guide 3281. For tracking of key federal, state, and local Labor & Employment legal developments, see Labor & Employment Key Legal Developments Tracker (Current).