Is this the nanny state ? or is it justified ?

Suenneil · #5 (**permalink**) 1st July 2009, 01:02 PM

Im sorry ... this is just making me laugh! (not your comments by the way! I agree that people need to be made aware of the affects of extreme heat or cold - particularly where you have the responsibility of children to consider...) Im just laughing at the way its reported and how the UK press and it appears employers think that as adults the UK doesnt seem to be able to cope with much at all! Heres another quote from the Daily Mail today!!!!! .... if our staff came in shorts I think I would leave .... cant imagine the Lawyers here sitting with the legs on show!!! and I havent seen one of them collapse so far!

Staff should be encouraged to wear shorts during the sweltering heat to make work more bearable and prevent them 'collapsing' at their desks, unions said today.

With temperatures soaring to 30C (86F) today, the TUC said firms should relax their dress codes and make sure offices were kept cool.

The best way to make work more bearable was to allow staff to wear casual clothing such as shorts and shirt sleeves, general secretary Brendan Barber said.