Heat stress costs Sri Lanka 120,000 jobs
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Sri Lanka lost the equivalent of more than 120,000 full-time jobs in 2023 due to heat stress at workplaces, compared with the average annual level recorded during the 1985–2014 historical baseline, according to a report by the International.
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- —Sri Lanka lost the equivalent of more than 120,000 full-time jobs in 2023 due to heat stress at workplaces, compared with the average annual level recorded during the 1985–2014 historical baseline, according to a report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
- —The report, titled Impacts of Heat Stress on Jobs and Productivity in Sri Lanka, [].
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