MADRID - Spain will ban some outdoor working during extreme heat conditions, Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz said on Wednesday (May 10), as the country faces high temperatures more frequently as a result of climate change. The ban will be in place when the national weather agency, AEMET, issues an alert warning about a severe or extreme risk of high temperatures....
Spanish farmers in Catalonia stage a tractor go-slow protest against the effect of drought in Lleida, Spain on May 9.MADRID - Spain will ban some outdoor working during extreme heat conditions, Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz said on Wednesday , as the country faces high temperatures more frequently as a result of climate change.
The measure will affect outdoors working such as street cleaning and agriculture, the Labour Ministry added. To adapt to the heat, some regions such as southern Andalusia or Madrid already allow students to go home early in case of heatwaves.
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