That they can/will keep you in the office until it gets too hot and becomes an OHS issue??
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That they can/will keep you in the office until it gets too hot and becomes an OHS issue??
I'm a teacher and on summer arvos it gets REALLY hot - over 35+ - in the upstairs classrooms. There is no temp considered "too hot". We have recently got aircon in the staffroom - so we get a break if we are on a free period.
I think has to be 32 degrees in our offices. It isn't hard to get to those temperatures, we don't have air-con and we are in buildings built in the 60s and 70s. I tend to not go home until it gets a bit higher because otherwise the work just doesn't get done and i still have to catch up later. But I just take lots of breaks and keep the water flowing.
My store doesnt have air con and so it gets really warm, on really hot days we take turns in the cool room. But we have to drink lots of water.
Grrr one of the gyms I work in hasn't had working aircon for about 6 weeks and it gets bloody hot in the middle of the class - it's a hazard too because there is sweat all over the floor and anybody could slip and break their leg...makes me cranky because I have to deal with everybody moaning about it :(
I work in basically a tin shed on a construction site... there is about 7-9 aircons which pretty much go all day so the temp doesn't really go above 21 degrees... however walking outside to go to the toilet it can be 40+ depending on the day...
only reason we'd be sent home is if there is a major incident occur on site i.e. death
I work in a cafe, it is boiling! The kitchen gets over 42 on a 30 degree day. One girl last week almost fainted. The shop part is air conditioned so I go in there heaps or stand in the cool room for a bit.