UK Has No Legal Maximum Workplace Temperature — Green MP Plans Bill to Change That

UK Has No Legal Maximum Workplace Temperature — Green MP Plans Bill to Change That

The UK codifies a minimum workplace temperature but sets no legal ceiling for heat. Green MP Hannah Spencer announced she will introduce a bill to establish one, as bus drivers endure 40°C cabs and passengers collapse during successive heatwaves. The Met Office calls such extremes the "new normal," pressure-testing a decades-old gap in employment law.

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