working temp

[froggo]

at what temperature does it become too hot to work?

[dot.hawkes]

there is no limit in le4gislation, however, if the temp you are experiencing at any time makes you feel you will be ill, or you are ill you have the legal right to remove yourself from the workplace and take as long as necessary to recover. The employer has to make reasonable allowance for the discomfort by supplying access to drinking water and somewhere to take a break.

[hammerman]

Is there any legislation for school pupils Dot ?

[froggo]

what about people working out side ie(building trades)

[naz_nomad]

No upper limit for building trades, froggo ... dot.hawkes has it pretty much right.

[turboped]

Froggo, I've sussed you from your posts. You have had a very heavy drinking binge weekend, you are still feeling pants and you need to skive off work for a couple of days and you would like to play the 'It's too hot to work card'.

Thats the bloody trouble with this country, a bit of heat and everyone wants the day off, a bit of cold and it's the same.

You're suffering from dehydration due to the alcohol and it's even made you sick. I suggest you eat a nice fried egg butty, drink loads of water, take a nice big bottle of water to work with you and GET ON WITH IT!

Failing that, tell them your gran died and spend a nice day in the garden.

[dot.hawkes]

well the legislation does say if it is unuaual conditions that you wouldn't normally have to work in, and so whether u are outside or in, if u feel unable to cope or unwell you police yourself, and noone is allowed to intimidate or decry u for it.

[lady_p_gold]

Well we are all bunched in to our office we are not near any windows and it was 82 degrees by 9 am (don't know the Celsius) and we all feel ill and have headaches. Nobody seems to care ............

[dot.hawkes]

only u have to care lady_pgold, it is your own decision on whether you need to leave that area and get a drink, and in law no employer can argue with you

[fly258]

+1*C if your an Eskimo builder

[applebee]

uff....this reminds me of lifegarding at an outdoor pool as a teenager :) we would have to work long shifts outdoors when the temps were like 105 +.....no one really had much sympathy :)

[freak_unique]

This is exactly like my work place. Today it was 92 degrees in there and everyone felt they were going to pass out but no1 does **** they wont even put the big fans on it is a joke and surely it must be illegal to work in that heat? i was dehydrated - ran out of drink, the workplace as it is so crap ran out of cold drinks and drinking plain water makes me heave (ive never been able to drink it for some reason)... i felt so ill i asked what time the cafe over the road was open til and one of the supervisors asked if i could go get one and the manager laughed in our faces and said no and walked off - surely this isnt right?

[twain11]

i thought it was 27 degree celcius. thats the figure i was given 3 yrs ago and we had to stop work on site. even the site agent told us to stop