Last Monday, June 30, Spain woke up with a heat wave. Maximum temperatures continue to be very high with an average of 36 degrees in early July, And the minimums do not fall from 25 degreesso the stage of suffocating days and torrid nights are inaugurated. The State Meteorology Agency It provides that the suffocating heat last at least until Thursday, July 3.
So that the aemet has been seen forced to decree yellow and orange alert in almost the whole country. And in some places, even red. This Heat dome episode can be dangerous for health, especially for those professionals who work exposed to the sun.
A tourist refreshes in a fountain in Barcelona this Saturday. Fourteen communities are on alert for exceptionally high temperatures
In Barcelona, last Saturday, A 51 -year -old woman, Montse Aguilar, died after finishing her turn cleaning the streets of Barcelona. The worker was exposed to the sun in full heat wave with temperatures above 35 degrees. I had already alerted his manager via WhatsApp Message: “The afternoon has been very bad, I thought I was dying,” describing Symptoms such as cramps and chest, arms and neck pain. He died after dinner, already at his home.
Before these alarming temperatures that can put the health of workers at risk, the Ministry of Labor has established clear measuresnext to the unions, by the time the Aemet decrees an orange or red alert due to extreme temperatures, such as this.
- With Outdoor works prohibit during maximum exposure hours If proper protection cannot be guaranteed.
- Schedules must be adapted (advance or delay shifts), redistribute hours or temporarily reduce the day, recovering time when the alert ends.
- Labor flexibility e even teleworking in cases where the physical presence is not essential.
- Compulsory suspension of the activity if protection measures are not met such as water, pauses, shadow or air conditioning.
- In the case of the most serious situations or with impossibility of displacement, It will be possible to request a paid permit of up to 4 days.
The second vice president and Minister of Labor and Social Economics, Yolanda Díaz,
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Companies that do not comply with the regulations may be sanctioned. Thousands of controls and alerts have already been carried out and breach of the regulations established by the Ministry of Labor can reach almost 1 million euros.
