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Are Your Employees Still Exempt From OT? DOL Unveils Final Rule Raising Salary Limits for Exemptions...
Law.com· 1 day agoF.R. pt. The rule is effective July 1, 2024. The rule increases the minimum salary required for...
At least 6 heat-related deaths reported in metro Phoenix so far this year as high hits 115 degrees
Associated Press· 4 hours agoPhoenix hit 115 degrees F (46 C) on Thursday and Friday, making them the hottest days of 2024 up to...
Millions baking across the US as heat prolongs misery with little relief expected
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThe steamiest conditions on Friday were expected in parts of Ohio and Indiana, where heat indexes...
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Galveston County Daily News· 8 hours agoHow does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart.
What’s a heat dome? Here’s why so much of the US is broiling this week
theGrio via AOL· 1 day agoSpecifically, June 18th’s normal high is 81 F, meteorologist Brian Cromwell said. Chicago broke a 1957 temperature record on Monday with a high of 97 degrees</ ...
Extreme Heat Kills More Than 1,000 Pilgrims During Hajj Pilgrimage, Report Says—As Heat Waves Scorch...
Forbes· 2 days agoAccording to the AFP, at least 1,081 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to Islam’s...
Heat waves have killed thousands this year. Experts say the worst could be yet to come
Salon via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoOnly 6% thought the limit of 1.5º C (2.7º F) — the one agreed upon at the Paris climate accord, and...
Do women get cold more easily than men?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThe temperature at which women's bodies started spending energy to stay warm — what the researchers called the lower-critical temperature — was also a...
Why older homes feel warmer than the thermostat suggests – and what to do about it
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMore warm surfaces, more discomfort. Cooler surfaces, more comfort If you live in an under-insulated...
Tens of millions in the U.S. remain under dangerous heat warnings
Market Watch· 4 days agoOn Monday, Chicago broke a 1957 temperature record with a high of 97 degrees Fahrenheit (36.1 ...