to think there needs to be a maximum working temperature.

[HelenaDove]

Ive been shocked to read on here and see and feel in RL how hot some workplaces are getting (namely some of the shops ive been in) some of the posts ive seen on here are really worrying. IMO there needs to be a maximum working temperature . This hot hot weather has gone on MUCH longer than the Beast from the East snow did. Why on earth does there have to be a death in this so called first world country before anything changes........i actually think thats what its probably going to take before anything MIGHT be done .

amp.theguardian.com/careers/2017/jun/21/working-in-a-heatwave-your-legal-rights?__twitter_impression=true

Fucking Hell get a load of this A journo spent the afternoon on the London Underground for LBC to find out the temps on each line.

Twitter thread

twitter.com/lucyhough33/status/1022487701331881984

The insistence on impractical uniform for no good reason and where there are perfectly acceptable alternatives is ridiculous!

Ditto where employers COULD make simple, inexpensive (even free) changes.

Bonkers!

Thunderstorms here mind.

Are there not bigger issues? It’s hardly 50 degrees is it. Wear cotton and drink water.

I suffer migraines, which are triggered by heat. My employer has a draconian sickness policy that means that six days off per year could see me fired. The heat triggering migraines means days off, which means risking my job. So this is actually a huge issue for me.

metro thats awful. Im sorry to hear that I hope there has also been a drop in temps where you are and you are now getting some respite.

im guessing your employer doesnt have air con?

This subject was featured on Dispatches tonight. Hospital wards were included.

www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/09/record-2-million-people-required-emergency-nhs-care-heatwave-july

www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/08/record-breaking-heatwave-pushing-hospitals-into-emergency-measures