Angry residents called for fresh protests in Spain on Friday as the country marked one month since its worst floods in a generation killed 230 people.The authorities' handling of the disaster prompted trade unions and associations to call for rallies in the hardest-hit areas later on Friday.

A month after floods killed at least 224 people, Spain has introduced "paid climate leave" for up to four days in a bid to allow workers to stay home during weather emergencies.

Spain's leftist government on Thursday approved a "paid climate leave" of up to four days for workers to avoid travelling during weather emergencies, a month after floods killed 230 people.

Spain's left-wing government introduced a "paid climate leave" policy, allowing workers up to four days off during weather emergencies after deadly floods killed 230 people in Valencia last October.

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

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

The new measure aims to "regulate in accordance with the climate emergency" so that "no worker must run risks", Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz told public broadcaster RTVE.