Addressing the impacts of heatwaves in the workplace

UC San Diego’s Teevrat Garg explores how extreme heat affects workforces in low- and middle-income countries.

This report includes an analysis of national legislation to address heat stress from 21 countries across the world, identifying common provisions for workplace level measures.

Indian regulatory codes are largely advisory when it comes to dealing with heat, ignoring humidity altogether, placing millions in danger during heatwaves and monsoons

The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a new rule that would require employers to develop injury and illness prevention plans in order to better protect workers from heat-related injuries and death.

In the factory where Aysha Talukder Tanisa stitches jeans and children's clothes for Western brands, the cooling system has been no match for Bangladesh's longest heatwave in 70 years.

By 2050, climate-induced heat stress could force significant changes in job structures and labor demand, highlighting a pressing need for adaptive policies.

From fields to fryers, a warming planet is intensifying occupational health and safety threats to low-wage workers across the food chain.

As climate change threatens to bring more extreme heat and adverse impacts for these workers, a new study published today in the journal One Earth examines the scale of this threat and explores pathways to boost workers’ resiliency to warming.

This factsheet highlights chronic kidney disease of non-traditional cause (CKDnt) affects millions of outdoor manual workers in tropical environments.

This policy brief discusses cost of extreme heat for outdoor workers/employers in low-and middle-income countries and provides cost-effective protection measures. It calls for workplace interventions and regulation to improve productivity and health.