Worker health in danger from extreme weather

Eurofound figures showed that nearly a quarter of workers in the EU were exposed to high temperatures during at least a quarter of their working time. File photo: Cristina Quicler/AFP via Getty Images

Rising temperatures and extreme conditions across Europe will lead to serious risks to worker health in the future, an analysis by an EU agency has warned.

As the world had its hottest ever June and July, with temperatures exceeding 40C in some European countries in recent weeks, the Dublin-based European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, known as Eurofound, examined data from recent decades across the EU regarding working conditions.