Spain is taking a heat-smart approach to work. Following devastating floods in two thousand twenty-four, the country has introduced new workplace policies designed to help workers cope with extreme temperatures. According to France 24, these include reduced working hours during heatwaves and up to four days of paid "climate leave" per year — formal recognition that intense heat poses real health risks. For a southern European nation increasingly facing brutal summers, this represents a significant shift: instead of pushing through, Spain is treating climate-driven heat as a legitimate workplace challenge worthy of formal accommodation.

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