The New Orleans City Council on Thursday passed a measure requiring city agencies to give workers regular breaks when it’s hot outside.
City workers will be entitled to a 10-minute break for every two hours working outdoors or in areas without air conditioning when the heat index, or “feels-like” temperatures, reach 80 degrees.
They will get a 15-minute break for every two hours working in those conditions when the heat index reaches 90 degrees. The ordinance now goes to Mayor LaToya Cantrell…