The impact of extreme heat on workplace harassment and discrimination

I study the impact of extreme heat on the incidence of harassment and discrimination using data on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) charges brought forward by US Postal Service (USPS) workers. I analyze more than 800,000 EEO charges filed between FYs 2004 and 2019. I find that heat stress experien...

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Autor principal: Narayan, Ayushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2022
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Social Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9522350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36122207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2204076119
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description I study the impact of extreme heat on the incidence of harassment and discrimination using data on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) charges brought forward by US Postal Service (USPS) workers. I analyze more than 800,000 EEO charges filed between FYs 2004 and 2019. I find that heat stress experienced on days when maximum temperatures exceed 90 °F increases EEO incidents by roughly 5% relative to days when temperatures are between 60 °F and 70 °F. The uncovered effect is widespread across the USPS and appears to be driven by changes in the number of incidents rather than in their reporting.
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spelling pubmed-95223502023-03-19 The impact of extreme heat on workplace harassment and discrimination Narayan, Ayushi Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Social Sciences I study the impact of extreme heat on the incidence of harassment and discrimination using data on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) charges brought forward by US Postal Service (USPS) workers. I analyze more than 800,000 EEO charges filed between FYs 2004 and 2019. I find that heat stress experienced on days when maximum temperatures exceed 90 °F increases EEO incidents by roughly 5% relative to days when temperatures are between 60 °F and 70 °F. The uncovered effect is widespread across the USPS and appears to be driven by changes in the number of incidents rather than in their reporting. National Academy of Sciences 2022-09-19 2022-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9522350/ /pubmed/36122207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2204076119 Text en Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
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