Workplaces hot up

Retail union Usdaw says Britain’s retailers need to keep their employees cool after the first hot spell of the summer left many shopworkers feeling hot under the collar in the blistering heat.

Usdaw has already lobbied the Government for a change in the law to introduce a legally enforceable maximum working temperature after scores of union members complained about soaring summer heat.

Thursday (23 June) may be a particularly unpleasant day at work. A summer smog episode has been ... (141 more words)

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