Too hot to work law?

[Lower West Stander]

Having spent a fair amount of time working in New York, our country's reaction to a few hot days amuses me too. The weather there is more extreme (although nothing compared to the likes of Arizona), and people just get on with it.

I think the job I would hate more than anything is a construction worker in Manhattan on a humid summer day.


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[BBassic]

I like hot weather but not when I'm working in the office. It shouldn't be hotter in here than it is outside.

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

A couple of weeks ago it reached 97 degrees in the factory here (I work at a printers / carton manufacturer), & the guys out on the shop floor dont get any proper breaks or lunchtimes. The only "breaks" they get are a few minutes here & there while the machines are running the jobs - but they are still active & on their feet during that time checking that things are OK etc.
Im in the office with A/C, so luckily dont suffer, but its horrendously hot down there sometimes during the summer months, & they are knackered at the end of a 7 - 4.30 shift. Often think they should be entitled to some official down time surely?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

For the first time in 20 years, we shut our office early (3.30pm) yesterday and went home. Nobody was doing anything worthwhile as it was too uncomfortable.

I do understand the 'man up', 'just get on with it' comments, and we absolutely could have done, but if no work is getting done anyway, what's the point?

Hoping it has set a sensible precedent.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Bloody should do!

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Pffft...You knock off after 2 after changing a few washers

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Pffft...You knock off after 2 after changing a few washers

You don't bloody start until 2!

 

[Diablo]

Think about those working nights..trying to sleep in daytime temperatures !!

 

[LamieRobertson]

You don't bloody start until 2!

I see you've knocked off before you even started ....u get cushy in door jobs ...some of us sweat outdoors

 

[Wrong-Direction]

I see you've knocked off before you even started ....u get cushy in door jobs ...some of us sweat outdoors

I'd like to swap with you right now out in a nice breezy field for my sauna of a roof space!

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[LamieRobertson]

I'd like to swap with you right now out in a nice breezy field for my sauna of a roof space!

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Lol....unfortunately when its hot all the jobs i have tend to be where there isn't a breeze...and the van tends to be a tad warm in-between jobs

 

[Postman Pat]

A couple of weeks ago it reached 97 degrees in the factory here (I work at a printers / carton manufacturer), & the guys out on the shop floor dont get any proper breaks or lunchtimes. The only "breaks" they get are a few minutes here & there while the machines are running the jobs - but they are still active & on their feet during that time checking that things are OK etc.
Im in the office with A/C, so luckily dont suffer, but its horrendously hot down there sometimes during the summer months, & they are knackered at the end of a 7 - 4.30 shift. Often think they should be entitled to some official down time surely?

Rest breaks at work
Workers have the right to one uninterrupted 20 minute rest break during their working day, if they work more than 6 hours a day. This could be a tea or lunch break.

The break doesn’t have to be paid - it depends on their employment contract.

https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work

 

[seagully]

Whenever I moan about the heat I my Dad tells me about when he worked on the rigs out in the Middle East- 45C working next to hot oil pipes in full flame retardant PPE tends to put my office job moans into perspective....

 

[BNthree]

I was educated in a 60's concrete comprehensive and one side of most of the classrooms was nearly all glass (which only opened a sliver so kids couldn't throw stuff out). On the south side of the building it was like a greenhouse when it was hot and remember getting sent home a couple of times as it was so hot it was deemed unsuitable for kids.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Never got sent home in 1976 (school).

 

[British Bulldog]

Stop moaning imagine having to be a fireman/ police officer/paramedic and wearing all that PPE? They can't stop because it's hot.

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

Apparently there are guidelines which suggest a maximum of 24C. There is no law but I understand some of the unions are pushing for one.

 

[Baldseagull]

If you asked your boss if you could see the risk assesment and method statement that has been done for working your job in temperatures above 24c, you might get the afternoon off, or be asked to produce it, which enables you to add extra rest breaks or shorter hours to the method statement, to reduce the risk of red raw buttocks from a chafing sweaty arse.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Perhaps we should take a lead from our (ex) European colleagues.

Siesta time !!

Stop work at noon - have a kip - start again at 5pm - simples ....

 

[Craven Wine]

Try sweeping chimney's in this weather - cheaper than going to the sauna!

 

[Springal]

Apparently there are guidelines which suggest a maximum of 24C. There is no law but I understand some of the unions are pushing for one.

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