Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a budget bill Monday that included provisions addressing the increasingly popular topic of reducing injuries among warehouse workers.
Pritzker signed S.B. 1720, a budget implementation act for fiscal year 2023 that also creates the Warehouse Safety Standards Task Force.
The task force is charged with providing the governor and lawmakers quarterly updates about its findings, discussions and decisions. The group must submit a final report to the governor and General Assembly by Jan. 1, 2025.
The bill does not identify specific issues or topics relating to the safety of warehouse workers for the task force to investigate.
This article was first published in Business Insurance.
