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pain recently experienced some of the worst flooding in decades. Now, the country has approved a new type of paid leave to keep workers safe.W
here in the world? On Nov. 29, Spain enacted “paid climate leave,” which provides up to four days off to workers during weather emergencies, the Guardian re
ported.The legislation came swiftly after the October floods in Valencia, on the country’s east coast, when hundreds of office workers were trapped after their employers required them to report to the office, despite the government warnings to stay home. “This was a climate disaster that turned into a labor disaster