Spain will prohibit working outdoors in extreme heat

The Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor of Spain, Yolanda Díaz, said in statements to the national press: “We will make some legislative changes to fully incorporate certain measures that companies must comply with in labor law. One of them will be to adapt things according to the weather conditions.” she used the phrase.

Díaz affirmed that they will introduce practices that will prohibit working in open areas so as not to put the health of employees at risk during the periods in which the 2nd and 1st degree warnings (orange and red alert) are issued due to extreme heat.

Noting that this issue will also be addressed at the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers that will be held tomorrow by the left-wing coalition government to solve the problem of drought in the country, Díaz argued that “people must also change their work standards to combat climate change, which directly affects their lives.

It was pointed out that the Council of Ministers, which will meet extraordinarily tomorrow to announce new measures against the drought, will make decisions on support packages for agricultural workers and ranchers and on the correct use of water.

THEY WARN THAT THE DROUGHT PROBLEM CAN LAST A LONG TIME

The Spanish Institute of Meteorology (AEMET), in its report published earlier this week, announced that the country had the hottest and driest month of April since 1961.

There are warnings that the drought problem, which has negatively affected many regions such as Andalusia, Murcia and Catalonia and has been going on since mid-2022, could last a long time.

Currently, the country’s water reserves in dams and rafts are at a level of 48 percent, 20 points below the average of the last 10 years.