A study by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) published on Wednesday, 6 July shows that no EU country has yet taken into account the real measure of the impact of temperature rises on the health, safety, well-being and productivity of the working population.
“At present, many workers suffer from employers’ inaction while authorities tend to continue to turn a blind eye to extreme exposure during heat waves”, the report says.
The increase in fatal and non-fatal hospital...