Employers must ensure workers are protected during hot weather. The Health & Safety Executive’s (HSE) website has a practical step guide on temperature in the workplace, which gives employers guidance on:

• managing workplace temperature
• what the law says
• preventing heat stress
• protecting those working outdoors

The HSE also provides a workplace temperature checklist to help employers carry out a basic risk assessment. 

Get more information by:

• viewing the full range of guidance in HSE’s temperature webpages 
• reading our press release: Risks to workers from extreme heat must be managed