Consider This: Heat Stress — A Hazardous Occupational Risk for Workers?

This Labour Day, let’s take a closer look at a growing threat that is reshaping the meaning of workplace safety: Extreme heat. Climate change is driving longer, more intense heatwaves, and for those who work outdoors, this isn’t just discomfort, it’s a daily occupational hazard. What responsibility do employers and policymakers have to protect workers from occupational heat stress? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Wong Yan Ke, Regional Campaign Officer (Climate & Forestry) for Building and Woodworkers International, and Wan Amirah Wan Usamah, Research Associate at Khazanah Research Institute, and author of a working paper titled ‘Navigating Public Health in a Hotter Malaysia’.