whats the legal temperature that you can work in a kitchen before you can say enoughs enough and go home!!?

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(i think) there is no legal upper limit in the UK as long as there is adequate ventilation e.g., windows that are open and fans etc and constant supply of drinking water and regular breaks. but these can all be side stepped e.g., one fan, one window, how regular is regular breaks? every 30 mins? every 2 hours?, peer pressure if you want to go and have a breather etc. I worked in Matalan in one of my summer jobs from uni and they had a warehouse with a perspex roof (tantamount to a giant green house)and some of the staff were fainting etc coz it was nealy 40 degrees C but they didn't HAVE to do anyting. But what @sshoes are they coz morally they should have installed air con or shut up the shop when it was unbearable. there is a lower limit though (I think its 16 degrees if you are sitting down (like at a desk) but less if you are doing physical exercise). my advice is find out your rights and demand them!

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You'd need to check Health and Safety at work manuals.

50000 degrees if you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen

if you need the job work it out if not go home you are not helping them or you

This isn't alot of help. But i know it's nowhere near as high as you would think.

There isn't, well not in England. There is a minimum, so stop bitching and do you job. There is no maximum only a minimum, but am sure I have read somewhere that if it does get over a certain temp then you must have more breaks and you must have cold drinks proivided for you. Not looking for the temp cause I am being lazy 2day

Well, if you get the Dark Whirley's, I'd say, throw in the towel, or wrap it around your neck with Ice Cubes in it. Seems like we have laws to protect us against working in such miserable conditions.

You need to have a back-pack with a tube running into your mouth so you don't get dehydrated. I guess you would be more likey to Vacation in a Cold Climate hehe WOW.Enough IS Enough. Step into the Freezer every once in a while.Burrrrrrr, sweat, Burrrrrrr, Sweat Sweat.. :) Have you ever heard the adage,"if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen" well that should apply to your health regardless of regulations. The answer of a degree it has to reach is probably regulated by union agreements and state, federal and local laws. You could get that sort of information from OCEA.

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