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.
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.
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