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This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Have laws stating maximum and minimum acceptable working temperatures

As UK weather becomes more extreme, many of those at work can not perform to their best standard due to either extreme heat/cold
There should be government enforced law/s that should be in place to support the workers of the UK or at least assist the companies to help their workers in these climate

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British weather has always been a yo-yo in recent years.
Children trying to concentrate in hot box or even frozen classrooms or call centre agents dealing with problem customers melting with the heat or struggling to keep warm.

As the country's weather changes so must the country to combat it and help the workers of the country as well as the future generation of the country

In the USA air conditioning is considered the norm in places and with the changing conditions we may need to follow suit

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/267930

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