TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Ensuring the right to rest: city rest break ordinances and access to rest breaks in the construction industry
JO  - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
A1  - Scott, Jennifer
A1  - Boggess, Bethany
A1  - Timm, Emily
SP  - 331
EP  - 336
VL  - 60
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of city Rest Break Ordinance (RBO) policies in expanding access to rest at work. <br><br>METHODS: We use data from surveys of construction workers in Austin and Dallas, Texas, in 2009, 2012 and 2015 (n = 557) to calculate the odds of receiving a rest break in pre- versus post-RBO Austin and in post-RBO Austin versus pre-RBO Dallas, controlling for demographic and employment characteristics. <br><br>RESULTS: Construction workers were 35% more likely to report receiving a rest break in Austin post-RBO and 16% less likely in Dallas without a RBO as compared to Austin with a RBO. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The increased likelihood of receiving rest breaks at work in a RBO city suggests that, in the absence of enforceable national standards, city-level RBOs can be an important first step to effective prevention of HRIs and heat-related fatalities at work.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1076-2752
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001203
ID  - ref1
ER  -