France is reducing construction workers' hours due to heatwaves, sometimes sending them home with full pay. High temperatures now justify short-time work and employers must meet specific obligations.
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00:00For construction workers in France, heatwaves have become grounds for short time working.
00:08Despite temperatures of around 30 degrees in the shade, workers on a construction site
00:12in Toulouse were working in full exposure to the sun.
00:23Construction companies are getting used to dealing with the heat as the problem is becoming
00:27more and more frequent.
00:34Above 32 degrees, productivity at work falls by 40%.
00:52It's important to help the health of the workers, of us, of everyone, because I'm young,
00:56but maybe there are older people like me who find it more complicated.