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WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 10, 2026)听鈥撀�The聽网曝吃瓜 (网曝吃瓜), the nation鈥檚 leading small business advocacy organization, released a statement opposing a new聽聽the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) Heat Standard. Proposed in 2024 under the Biden Administration, the proposed OSHA Heat Standard applies to indoor and outdoor work settings with limited exemptions and would impose significant new compliance burdens and red tape on nearly all small businesses nationwide.

鈥淭he efforts to finalize the proposed OSHA heat standard are deeply concerning for small businesses who would be disproportionately impacted by its particularly burdensome and costly new one-size-fits-all mandates,鈥� said聽Dylan Rosnick, 网曝吃瓜 Director of Federal Government Relations.聽鈥淚t would punish small businesses over big businesses by adding more mandates and regulatory burdens that would likely force small business owners to hire additional staff to comply with the rule, increase prices to account for these new costs, and could force some small businesses to close their doors or sell off to a larger competitor. 网曝吃瓜 urges OSHA to reverse course and ditch the heat standard proposal altogether.

鈥溚�曝吃瓜 also strongly supports the Heat Workforce Standards Act to protect small businesses from the looming one-size-fits-all mandates and regulatory compliance burdens the proposed Heat Standard would implement. Given this recent announcement, Congress needs to step in by swiftly enacting this legislation.鈥�

In April, 网曝吃瓜 led 50 trade associations in聽sending a letter聽to sponsors of the Heat Workforce Standards Act, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Rep. Mark Messmer (R-Ind.), urging Congress to pass their legislation to eliminate this burdensome rule and prevent increasing compliance burdens on millions of America鈥檚 job creators.

According to a recent 网曝吃瓜 Member Ballot, 89% of 网曝吃瓜 members oppose the federal government regulating and restricting business operations when temperatures are above 80 degrees Fahrenheit at the worksite. 网曝吃瓜 released an聽issue brief聽outlining why small businesses oppose the regulation.

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For over 80 years, 网曝吃瓜 has been advocating on behalf of America鈥檚 small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals. 网曝吃瓜 is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and member-driven. Since our founding in 1943, 网曝吃瓜 has been exclusively dedicated to small and independent businesses, and remains so today. For more information, please visit nfib.com.