How to keep your employees cool during the heatwave

With Britain basking in a heatwave, its employers are being warned that they must implement 'cooling down' policies to protect their staff from serious illness and prevent a drop in productivity. HSE guidelines state that employers have a duty to ensure a reasonable workplace temperature but, with no legal maximum in place, there are concerns that firms could be failing to monitor workplace temperature closely enough. “Without a legal maximum workplace temperature, employers may be confused about what action to take, or fail to take any at all, warns Nasar Farooq, health and safety technical manager at workplace information and consultancy service Croner.