Working in extreme heat and heatwaves: what legislation and preventive measures at international level?
EUROGIP - Paris
2023
83 p.
climate change ; extreme temperatures ; occupational health ; plant safety and health organization ; legislation ; construction industry ; comparison
EUROGIP
185
Occupational safety and health
English
Bibliogr.
"The new EUROGIP report looks at legislation and preventive action taken in the event of hot work or heatwaves in a number of countries:
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Worldwide: Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, South Africa, the Gulf States, China, Japan and South Korea.
The increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves linked to global warming can have serious, even fatal, health consequences for workers. Protecting their health and safety is therefore a major challenge.
EUROGIP offers an overview of the various measures (legislation, collective agreements, tools, campaigns, etc.) adopted in the countries studied to meet this challenge. The first question asked is whether there is a maximum working temperature.
This report focuses in particular on jobs carried out outdoors and therefore particularly affected by heat waves."
Digital
ISBN (PDF) : 979-10-97358-65-5
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Table of contents:
Report summary 7
1 Introduction 13
The impact of rising temperatures and climate change on the world of work 13
No EU framework on maximum temperatures at work 15
A hard-to-identify boundary: air temperature is not enough 16
2 Regulation and prevention at work in the heat in fifteen European countries 18
Legislation and regulations governing heat: is there a maximum temperature for working? 18
Weather-related layoff scheme and extreme heat 35
Collective agreements to set heat exposure limits 39
Negotiation at company level 42
Prevention efforts: a few examples 43
3 Regulation and prevention of heat-related work in other countries around the world 54
Australia 54
New Zealand 55
United States 56
Canada 63
South Africa 70
The Gulf States 71
China 74
Japan 76
South Korea 80
The ETUI is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the ETUI.