California's Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Regulation Takes Immediate Effect

Summary

California employers with any work settings that are covered by the new regulation should immediately develop indoor heat illness plans and provide training to their employees. On July 24, 2024, California's Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced that the Indoor Heat Illness Prevention regulation, which the Cal/OSHA Standards Board unanimously approved on June 20, 2024, would take effect immediately as a result of a finding of good cause by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on July 23, 2024.