Expect record-breaking temperatures to change the workplace, the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned today in a new report. When workers don’t have adequate protections from heat stress, their health and productivity suffer.

Governments and employers should take urgent action to help protect the health of workers who are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, the United Nations said on Friday (August 22). Kristy Kilburn reports.

Rising global temperatures are having an ever-worsening impact on the health and productivity of workers, the United Nations said on Friday, urging immediate action to tackle the dangers of heat stress.