SB260

Existing law requires certain employers to establish and implement a written safety program that includes the establishment of a training program concerning safety in the workplace. (NRS 618.383) Section 1 of this bill requires the Administrator of the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry to establish by regulation measures that an employer must take to reduce the exposure of an employee to poor air quality from wildfire smoke where the air quality index is: (1) 150 or more but less than 200; and (2) 200 or more. The Administrator is also required to establish by regulation an air quality index level caused by wildfire smoke at which an employer is prohibited from allowing an employee to perform critical tasks outdoors. Section 1 further requires each employer to establish a communications system that: (1) informs an employee when the employee is being exposed to certain poor air quality; and (2) allows any employee to report to the employer the presence of such poor air quality and any symptom experienced by the employee that may be caused by such exposure. Section 1 further requires the Administrator to adopt regulations: (1) concerning the implementation of such a communication system; and (2) that prescribe standards for training that certain employers are required to provide to certain employees. Additionally, section 1 prohibits the regulations adopted by the Administrator from imposing additional liability on an employer for the p