Climate Lockdowns Have Arrived: Spain introduces ‘paid climate leave’ so workers ‘can avoid travelling during weather emergencies’ – ‘The worker must refrain from going to work…in accordance with the climate emergency’

UK Guardian: Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods - Government approves up to four days of paid leave so workers can avoid travelling during weather emergencies - Spain’s leftwing government has approved “paid climate leave” of up to four days to allow workers to avoid travelling during weather emergencies, a month after floods killed at least 224 people. ... 

The new measure aims to “regulate in accordance with the climate emergency” so that “no worker must run risks”, labour minister Yolanda Díaz told public broadcaster RTVE. If emergency authorities raise the alarm about a risk, “the worker must refrain from going to work”, said Díaz. Employees can resort to a reduced working day beyond the four-day period, a mechanism that already exists for emergencies, the government said. The legislation was inspired by similar laws in Canada, RTVE reported. “In the face of climate denialism from the right, the Spanish government is committed to green policies,” Díaz said, according to a report in El País.
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UK Guardian: Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods – Government approves up to four days of paid leave so workers can avoid travelling during weather emergencies –

Spain’s leftwing government has approved “paid climate leave” of up to four days to allow workers to avoid travelling during weather emergencies, a month after floods killed at least 224 people.

Several companies came under fire after the 29 October catastrophe for ordering employees to keep working despite a red alert issued by the national weather agency. The firms said the authorities failed to inform them sufficiently and sent telephone alerts too late during the European country’s deadliest floods in decades.

The new measure aims to “regulate in accordance with the climate emergency” so that “no worker must run risks”, labour minister Yolanda Díaz told public broadcaster RTVE. If emergency authorities raise the alarm about a risk, “the worker must refrain from going to work”, said Díaz. Employees can resort to a reduced working day beyond the four-day period, a mechanism that already exists for emergencies, the government said. The legislation was inspired by similar laws in Canada, RTVE reported. “In the face of climate denialism from the right, the Spanish government is committed to green policies,” Díaz said, according to a report in El País.

Spain introduces 4-day paid climate leaves in the aftermath of deadly Valencia floods

Flood-hit Spain introduces ‘climate leave’ for workers: Madrid (AFP) – Spain’s leftist government on Thursday approved a “paid climate leave” of up to four days for workers to avoid travelling during weather emergencies, a month after floods killed 230 people.

 

EuroNews: The law on paid leave protects the rights of workers not to go to work in the event of catastrophes or climate related weather alerts that could put them in danger. Workers in Spain will be given up to four days of paid leave if they are unable to get to their workplace due to extreme weather.

The country’s Council of Ministers approved the new ‘climate leave’ on Thursday in the hope of ensuring citizen’s safety when there is a serious and imminent risk. It was trialled in areas affected by the catastrophic DANA weather event at the end of October and will now be rolled out nationwide. The law on paid leave protects the rights of workers not to go to work in the event of catastrophes or climate-related weather alerts that could put them in danger. Climate leave, inspired by similar legislation in Canada, will be based on alerts about climate or meteorological disasters from authorities. The new measures are expected to come into force on Friday 29 November, when the regulation, with the status of law, will be published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). It will have to be validated within a month in the Congress of Deputies.

 

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