Green MP Hannah Spencer is proposing a bill to establish a maximum workplace temperature in the UK, addressing concerns over increasing heatwaves and the climate crisis. The legislation aims to create an independent body to recommend safe temperature limits, a move supported by unions and several MPs.
MP Hannah Spencer is introducing a bill to establish a maximum workplace temperature in the UK, addressing concerns over increasing heatwaves and the lack of current regulations for high temperatures. The bill aims to create an independent body to recommend and implement safe temperature limits.
European trade unions are pushing for new laws to address deadly heat stress in the workplace, linked to hundreds of annual deaths. They seek enforceable thermal limits, heat risk assessments, and rights to breaks and adjusted hours, as climate change intensifies occupational health risks.
