Comments on: C20 Working temperatures http://www.congressvoices.org/2009/c20-working-temperatures/ TUC Congress: Discussion, news and comment Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Martin Hickman http://www.congressvoices.org/2009/c20-working-temperatures/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Martin Hickman Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:59:26 +0000 http://www.congressvoices.org/?p=263#comment-27 I think this should be fully supported many of my members suffer during excessive high temperatures although there are good practice guides we need firm legislation to avoid the usual debates and rows with employers who to often try to worm there way out of simple common sense over profit. If temperatures exceeds and accepted level staff and workers should be sent home on full pay no ifs or buts. To show how silly this all is even a animal knows when to get out of the hot sun or high temperatures forcing workers to work in these conditions can only contribute to health problems later and in fact increase levels of absence do to sickness. I think this should be fully supported many of my members suffer during excessive high temperatures although there are good practice guides we need firm legislation to avoid the usual debates and rows with employers who to often try to worm there way out of simple common sense over profit. If temperatures exceeds and accepted level staff and workers should be sent home on full pay no ifs or buts.

To show how silly this all is even a animal knows when to get out of the hot sun or high temperatures forcing workers to work in these conditions can only contribute to health problems later and in fact increase levels of absence do to sickness.

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