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Europe’s Largest Unions Demand Right to Cancel Work on Days Above 30C (novaramedia.com)

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Unions across Europe are calling on governments to introduce legislation to safeguard workers from rising temperatures, after western Europe recorded its hottest June on record.

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[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The law is written vague on purpose...

"All factories must maintain a reasonable temperature an humidity."

Wtf is reasonable? Reasonable is an opinion...

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

121F is unreasonable

[–] monkeyman76@fedinsfw.app 5 points 2 weeks ago

Not if you're this guy's boss.