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4 days ago | business-standard.com | Shoko Oda |Yui Hasebe |Aaron Clark

Tougher rules being enforced in Japan will see employers fined if they fail to take adequate precautions to protect workers from extreme temperatures. The revised legislation, which came into effect June 1, is a rare global example of a national-level policy on heat safety for employees, and comes after 30 workplace deaths and roughly 1,200 injuries last year associated with high temperatures, according to health ministry data. Most of those affected worked in construction or manufacturing.

4 days ago | japantimes.co.jp | Shoko Oda |Yui Hasebe |Aaron Clark

Tougher rules being enforced in Japan will see employers fined if they fail to take adequate precautions to protect workers from extreme temperatures. The revised legislation, which came into effect on Sunday, is a rare global example of a national-level policy on heat safety for employees, and comes after 30 workplace deaths and roughly 1,200 injuries last year associated with high temperatures, according to health ministry data. Most of those affected worked in construction or manufacturing.

5 days ago | bloomberg.com | Shoko Oda |Yui Hasebe |Aaron Clark

Stricter legislation will compel companies in Japan to provide better protections for employees after a rise in injuries related to extreme temperatures. (Bloomberg) -- Tougher rules being enforced in Japan will see employers fined if they fail to take adequate precautions to protect workers from extreme temperatures.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Will Wade |Shoko Oda

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1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Will Wade |Shoko Oda

NuScale Power Corp., the only company with US approval for a small nuclear reactor, has now won regulatory support for a second design that may go into service by the end of the decade. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission formally authorized the company’s 77-megawatt reactor design, according to a statement Thursday. NuScale won similar approval in 2020 for a smaller, 60-megawatt version of the reactor, a first for the industry.