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Workplace temperature
As the Met Office continues to promise scorching summer temperatures, unions are getting in early with some cool advice. Train drivers union ASLEF is advising its members to refuse on safety grounds to work in train cabs where the heat levels rise above 27°C.
Teaching union NUT is calling for a lower temperature ceiling, a new guide advising 'that 26°C should be the absolute maximum temperature in which teachers should be expected to work, other than for very short periods.
See our technical briefing attached for more information.
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