When is it too hot to work?

[BrilloPad]

Staff should be sent home if workplace gets hotter than 30C, says MP - Telegraph

In the middle east workers are sent home if the temperate exceeds 50C. Though it never seems to get above 49C...

[malvolio]

Labour MP makes totally fatuous remark. Gosh, what a surprise... Perhaps she should look at the Factories Act - it's defined in there already.

[GlenW]

People work in places where there is no air conditioning?
INKSPE

[eek]

Labour MP makes totally fatuous remark. Gosh, what a surprise... Perhaps she should look at the Factories Act - it's defined in there already.

Someone should definitely read it.....

The HSE information at HSE - Temperature: FAQs is very informative (especially when you identify what is very clearly missing)...

[darmstadt]

People work in places where there is no air conditioning?
INKSPE

Yep, 3 of us in an office. Its an old building, mind you, our office isn't as bad as some of the manager's offices

Oh, and its 35 degrees here and the office feels like a sauna

[NotAllThere]

People work in places where there is no air conditioning?
INKSPE

Switzerland at one time introduced legislation restricting the use of air-conditioning for offices, on environmental grounds. Thankfully, the office I'm in now was build after the law was taken off the books.

In the heatwave of 2003, I worked in Paris. The offices had no aircon. It wasn't so bad though - the techies had been given the "worst" offices - a bit pokey, and overlooking a main road - while the business people got the offices facing the park. Unfortunately for them, that was south facing. So while our offices, with a little management. were kept reasonably cool, the business was melting...

[sal]

Yep, 3 of us in an office. Its an old building, mind you, our office isn't as bad as some of the manager's offices

Oh, and its 35 degrees here and the office feels like a sauna

Free all-you-can-eat sauna, people pay top dollar for this.

[TykeMerc]

Former Labour MP, she stood down at the Election. Safe Labour seat.

[Pondlife]

17 Jul 2013