10/06/2026
📆 Upcoming event: launch of a Model Directive on Occupational Heat
Summer is on its way, but for many the season signifies dangerous working conditions more than sunny beach holidays
Sharply rising temperatures caused by put many workers at risk of every year, often leading to serious health consequences - from dehydration and exhaustion to heatstroke and even death
This increasingly unsustainable situation, no longer occasional but persistent across multiple regions of the European Union, has led many to question the efficacy of the current EU legal framework when it comes to protecting workers
This event will provide a discussion framework for why we need an EU directive on occupational heat, and what that directive could look like ⚖️
On the programme:
Dimitra Theodori, Head Health & Safety and Working Conditions Unit, ETUI
Andreas Flouris, Professor of Physiology, University of Thessaly
Marouane Laabbas el Guennouni, Researcher, ETUI
Bart Vanhercke, Director of the Research Department, ETUI
Maria Ohisalo, Member of the European Parliament, The Greens
Enrico Somaglia, General Secretary, EFFAT European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
Jan Willem Goudriaan, General Secretary, European Public Service Unions (EPSU)
Tom Deleu, General Secretary, EFBWW
Giulio Romani, Confederal Secretary, ETUC
Register here 🔗 etui.org/4GB
