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Wzd · 19 Jul 2006 at 17:57

there is no legal hight temperature (been on the news recently) but there is a legal low temp...not sure what it is though!

edit: here ya go... http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/tuc-5385-f0.cfm

leaskovski · 19 Jul 2006 at 17:58

Wzd said:
there is no legal hight temperature (been on the news recently) but there is a legal low temp...not sure what it is though!

16 degs

Skunkworks · 19 Jul 2006 at 18:31

leaskovski said:
16 degs

I wish it were that now! 36 in my room at the moment! I have a fan and a squirty bottle of cold water keeping me alive.

MrMoon · 19 Jul 2006 at 18:42

yesterday was hot I spent 4 and a half hours in full riot gear waiting for people to get down off the roof, was told there is no maximum working temperature

PeterNem · 19 Jul 2006 at 18:48

25 degrees in my bedroom atm which is tollerable - for some reason older houses seem to keep cool better in the summer than mor recently built houses - maybe the fact that there was more of a tendancy for thick brick walls eve3rywhere rather than lots of plasterboard partition walls helps to some extent?

My room at Uni was tortue during this kind of heat, glad I'm not there now.

Pete_m · 19 Jul 2006 at 18:59

Its always a nice suprise when I goto the pub at lunch to walk out of a 19 degrees c air conditioned room into 28+ heat :cool:

also, there may be no sensibe legal max working temprature, but when the employee's start dropping dead I think its a safe bet to say that they have to do something about it. Just speak to your manager or whoever and explain that your very uncomfortable and you would like them to do something about it. Portable fans or air con units type of thing. Im sure if your reasonable, they will be.... unless you work for a crap company who doesn't give a s***

Gothic Draconia · 19 Jul 2006 at 19:49

Twas 40c in my 8' x 7' box room earlier. It was so humid, i was looking for the alligators in the swamp!

Still managed to benchmark the PC though

With places of work, if you are uncomfortable, just let everybody know. When you have a shirt clinging to you and wet with sweat hair, they might realise that productivity is no more.

Gaygle · 19 Jul 2006 at 19:51

No legal maximum temperature, but above 30 degrees, the employer MUST make some kind of arrangements to cool the place down eg. if you worked in a shop, you're allowed to have a drink with you. that kinda stuff

Soulja · 19 Jul 2006 at 20:03

leaskovski said:
16 degs

So in the winter when i'm working in temps as low as -5 i can refuse to work?

malfunkshun · 19 Jul 2006 at 20:22

the temperature of 16c appplies as a minimum where the majority of work is conducted sitting down.

Loki · 19 Jul 2006 at 20:57

Although not legally binding, ACAS recommend a max of 28 degrees Celsius

leaskovski · 19 Jul 2006 at 21:22

malfunkshun said:
the temperature of 16c appplies as a minimum where the majority of work is conducted sitting down.

Aye, if you are working in a warehouse then it is different afair.

scorza · 19 Jul 2006 at 21:35

The legal maximum temperature for transporting cattle is 25 degrees C. Today the temperature on the tube was just over double that :rolleyes:

alexakasloth · 19 Jul 2006 at 21:37

scorza said:
Today the temperature on the tube was just over double that

No way

Snax · 19 Jul 2006 at 21:43

scorza said:
The legal maximum temperature for transporting cattle is 25 degrees C. Today the temperature on the tube was just over double that

and the northern line halted with me on it for 1 hr today GRRRRRRR

on the up side, i melted into a cool puddle of flesh and bones, i now slide around to move

scorza · 19 Jul 2006 at 21:48

$loth said:
No way

Yup, was on Channel 4 news. They sent a reporter down there with a thermometer - 51.3 I think the reading said. Thats Death Valley temperatures.

Squark · 19 Jul 2006 at 22:21

leaskovski said:
16 degs

really?

Worked in 5-12 most of the winter, found it very comfortable personally

James_N · 19 Jul 2006 at 22:26

dam i'll be on the tube tomorrow

and i dont do heat so well.

leaskovski · 19 Jul 2006 at 23:10

Squark said:
really?

Worked in 5-12 most of the winter, found it very comfortable personally

Aye, really! You could infact really give your employer a goosing if you fancy some days off, but it might just pee them off. S'up to you :/