@bootonthroat Is it warm where you are? Why don’t you go sit out in the heat and let us know how it goes? just kidding
There are procedures that people are expected to be excused from work when the environment becomes too hot, especially from physical labour, but I suppose that depends also on where you live. The US OSHA recommendations sound rather feudal to me.
‘OSHA does not have a specific regulation regarding heat stress. However, feasible and acceptable methods can be used to reduce heat stress hazards in workplaces. These include, but are not limited to:
Permitting workers to drink water at liberty;
Establishing provisions for a work/rest regimen so that exposure time to high temperatures and/or the work rate is decreased;
Developing a heat stress program which incorporates the following:
A training program informing employees about the effects of heat stress, and how to recognize heat-related illness symptoms and prevent heat-induced illnesses;
A screening program to identify health conditions aggravated by elevated environmental temperatures;
An acclimation program for new employees or employees returning to work from absences of three or more days;
Specific procedures to be followed for heat-related emergency situations;
Provisions that first aid be administered immediately to employees displaying symptoms of heat-related illness.
We have included a Heat Stress Card (OSHA Publication 3154), which you may find interesting. You may also find additional outreach materials on heat stress on OSHA’s web page at http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatstress/index.html. ’
source: http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=24008
a link to Health and Safety in the UK regarding workplace temperature: http://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/thermal/faq.htm