Overview
- Sixty percent of 992 surveyed employees say climate change has affected their workplace and health, including 50 percent of indoor workers and 77 percent of those working outdoors.
- Analysis of sick-leave data for roughly six million insured shows multiple diagnoses more than doubling around heat days, with damage from heat and sunlight leading to incapacity up to seven times more often.
- Forty‑three percent of workers report reduced performance and 41 percent cite a higher accident risk linked to climate-related conditions on the job.
- Only about 40 percent of 351 employers perceive health impacts on staff, and few have acted, citing high costs, organizational burden, unclear legal guidance and technical limitations.
- Experts and agencies urge concrete steps such as shade, water, cooling, flexible hours, heat and emergency plans and targeted training, noting persistent gaps for outdoor and seasonal migrant workers.