Spain's new law offers four days of paid climate leave to workers who are unable to get to work safely or work remotely during climate catastrophes.

A month after floods killed at least 224 people, Spain has introduced "paid climate leave" for up to four days in a bid to allow workers to stay home during weather emergencies.

Workers instructed by civil protection agencies to stay home due to unsafe conditions will be entitled to four days of paid leave

Several companies had drawn ire for ordering their employees to keep working even after the national weather agency issued a red alert at the time of the floods

Spain is racing to reconstruct areas devastated by deadly floods last month but experts have urged a rethink of development with the relocation of buildings away from vulnerable areas.But Romero Aloy said there has to be a "rethinking the territorial model and considering removing buildings or installations that face a high risk" of flooding.

The new measure aims to "regulate in accordance with the climate emergency" so that "no worker must run risks", Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz told public broadcaster RTVE.