Spain’s Left-wing government has introduced paid climate leave after flash flooding in Valencia last month claimed at least 222 lives and caused widespread devastation.

Spain has approved four days of paid climate leave in the wake of deadly flooding late last month that killed nearly 230 people.

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

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

In light of increasingly frequent extreme weather events, the Spanish government has approved the introduction of a four-day paid "weather leave." The new regulations introduced by the Spanish government are designed to assist employees who are unable to reach work due to adverse weather conditions.