Overview

• Aemet has issued high-severity rainfall warnings in the Comunitat Valenciana, forecasting accumulations of up to 250 liters per square meter in a few hours.
• Spain’s new permiso climático allows up to four paid days off per year when an official alert and an objective impossibility or grave risk prevent safe attendance.
• If a job is compatible with remote work and communications permit it, employers may require teleworking, which supersedes the use of the climate leave.
• Workers should promptly notify employers and can cite official evidence such as DGT road closures or movement restrictions; the paid days are not accumulative and do not require recovery.
• If disruption extends beyond the four paid days and telework is not feasible, companies may apply an ERTE for force majeure, and forcing attendance during declared extreme alerts can draw labor sanctions.