Breaks, Water, and Good Planning: How the Dutch Workforce Drags Itself Through the Heat.

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"It's going to be so hot on Friday that I discussed with my boss that we wouldn't work at all. That's not feasible, it's really too hot," says a landscaper in the blazing sun while laying out a new playground at a primary school. A part of the Dutch workforce is suffering under the heat today. This applies especially to people working outdoors, but caution is also needed in air-conditioned open-plan offices. Employees on construction sites, in l…