Overview
- Tondelier, who unveiled the plan Friday on Sud Radio and her blog, proposes a new right to stay home with pay during official weather alerts that restrict travel or work.
- The leave would apply to people who cannot work from home, with examples spanning construction, farming, industry, and poorly insulated office jobs.
- She argues four in ten people in France face very high heat each year, and current rules lack a clear temperature cutoff and often do not guarantee pay.
- The proposal takes direct inspiration from Spain’s 2024 measure, which grants four state-paid days during weather alerts after floods there killed about 230 people.
- Positioned within her 2027 presidential platform, the idea is now being discussed with unions and employer groups and has drawn mockery from some right-wing figures such as Cannes mayor David Lisnard.