Trump administration touts NV worker heat protections as national model, analysis suggests otherwise

By: Jeniffer Solis

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: November 3, 2026

Words: 827

Last Updated: 5 days, 16 hours ago

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Business and industry groups have held up Nevada’s worker heat protection standard as a national model, but Nevada’s own workers say otherwise, according to an analysis released last month.

In Nevada, there is no specific temperature threshold that triggers mandatory employee heat protections. Instead, employers have sole discretion to decide when to provide heat protections for their workers

Nevada’s heat protection standard kicks in when working conditions create a “reasonable likelihood …

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