Tory minister rejects call for maximum workplace temperature, citing blast-furnaces
The Independent: Tory minister rejects call of the government’s emergency response to the heatwave has defended the UK’s vague laws about maximum temperatures at work.
Kit Malthouse, who chaired chaired this weekend’s meeting of the Cobra emergency committee, cited the difference in temperature between offices and blast-furnace facilities as a reason why a maximum limit could be unworkable.
Mr Malthouse was asked in the Commons by Labour MP Nadia Whittome whether the government would “legislate for maximum working temperatures” – a key demand of trade unions in light of the heatwave.
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