temperature

[~mimi~]

aaaarrrgghh!! im melting here at work!! what temperature does it have to be before they will send u home! i doubt its hot enuff just wishful thinking i guess!! xxxx

[Ms.Hijinx]

i don't think there is a maximum temp only a minimum one but not sure cheer up only 2 days til the weekend

[cherryelm]

the hse has allsorts of guidance on'thermal comfort' and what employers must do but sadly sending people home is not one of them .sorry mimi you will just have to grin and bear it.

[4getmenot]

The min temp for an office is 16 and the maximum is 25, I'm off home byeeeeee :-)

[xx cutie xx]

where i work the temperature is the same inside the building as it is outside!! so around 30 degrees c. believe me it is nasty AND we have to wear polyester tshirts! unbelievable xx

[nat_84]

In my shorts and vest today!

Not risking passing out!

I have a desk fan and all windows open - luckily no direct sun coming in around me.

Over to sunbathe in Regents Park for my lunch hour though!

[turboped]

Mimi, can I ask you? If you did get sent home would you expect to get paid?

[~mimi~]

erm, yes i would expect to get paid cos it is not my fault that there is no air conditioning system in place. Even without that id be quite content with a fan or even some blinds on the windows but i dont have either and feel like im sat in a greenhouse!! x

[~mimi~]

dont get me wrong people im not complaining about the gorgeous weather at all. I love it!! im jus complaining about having to work in it! x

[aka pixi]

hi mimi, i asked this self same question somewhere a while ago. One of the answers I got was that according to H and S if the temp is so high that you feel dizzy, sick, faint etc then you must be allowed to come out of the office/factory whatever until such a time as you feel okay.

[lady_p_gold]

Sadly there is no maximum temperature only a minimum. But as previously said if you really feel ill then I think they would be hard pressed to say anything if you went home.

[turboped]

Mimi, what would you answer to my post yesterday -'moaning about the heat'?

[~mimi~]

i would say that certain exceptions would have to be made in this weather as it can become quite dangerous when u start looking in to things such as dehydration and heat stroke however that really isnt the same as the question i was asking. i was simply asking if there is a certain temperature at which it becomes too hot to work. in regards to whether i would get paid or not then like i said i would have no qualms about staying in work if i were provided with a fan or something. to be honest im not really that sure where u are going with your questions turboped?

[turboped]

Where I'm going is that some people expect to get paid by their employers and some of the same people would not pay people in their employment. It seems that some individuals have dual standards and I was wondering if you were one of these people. If you were employing someone to do a job at your house and they had set aside today for example to do that job and the conditions meant that your home was not cool enough for them to work would you pay them anyway?

[GypsyGSD]

I think i must have a good boss ,or may be he wants extra work bu the sent us all home at 12 0,clock great' with pay

[~mimi~]

like i said before i would not want to go home if the conditions in which i was expected to work were not unsuitable. on this particular day i feel that they are as i have not been provided with a fan, i have no blinds in my office so the sun has shone directly in on me all day long. i would not pay someone to go home but then i would not expect them to work in an unsuitable environment. I would provide them with what they needed in order to work in comfort. does that answer your question?

[turboped]

Not really, how would you manage to provide someone working, for example, in your attic with what they needed?

[turboped]

Sorry I think I've been a bit vague. I have been working at someone's house this week, today it is too hot to do physical work, up and down ladders into someone's attic, yesterday may clothes were soaked through after a couple of hours and I was in danger of drowning due to the amount of sweat that was pouring down my face.

The question is should I charge the customer for today when I have been at home for most of it?

[nat_84]

I dont think it would be fair to charge them for the work you havent done today.

[turboped]

In that case why do people think they should be sent home today and get paid?

[raysparx]

Hi mimi,

Sorry to say there is no legal maximum temperature. I think that there should be but,there isn't. So get on with your work, do you hear me ? c'mon move it,work harder !!!!