{
  "id": 329391,
  "title": "Most outdoor workers 'unaware of heat-stress rules'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/most-outdoor-workers-unaware-of-heat-stress-rules-329391",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-07T07:19:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTHK News",
    "slug": "rthk-news",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1865353-20260807.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A union has urged the Labour Department to raise awareness of hot weather work guidelines, after research showed that more than half of outdoor workers are unaware of them. The Service Industry General Union's survey of over 500 outdoor workers found that more than half were unaware or unclear about heat stress prevention guidelines that were updated in April. Around 11 percent had no knowledge of these guidelines, while the rest were unclear about which workload category their work fell into. Employers failed to inform some workers about their rights to additional rest periods. The union called for legal mandates for rest periods and official standards for hot weather work hours. It also urged making heat stroke an occupational disease for automatic compensation.",
  "summary": "A union on Friday urged the Labour Department to raise awareness of its work guidelines for hot weather days, after a survey revealed that more than half of outdoor workers are unfamiliar with them. Its guidance notes on prevention of heat stroke at work were updated and reissued this April in a third edition, with more than 200 heat stress at work warnings being issued since they were first…",
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        "title": "Most outdoor workers 'unaware of heat-stress rules'",
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        "published": "2026-08-07T07:19:43.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}