Is there a minimum working temperature?

globalds

annie1975 wrote: »

Its nearer 5 hours Falko89...Wage an hr £7.Minus £1.40 tax.Minus 84p NI.Then lose 41% in tax credits.Leaving you with a grand total of £1.89 per hr.

hmm .......

skivenov

Try t-shirt (long sleeved if possible), polo shirt, sweater (doesn't need be be a big wooly jumper) and fleece-type jacket. It's what I used to wear when stock taking in warehouses.I wasn't walking about much but still needed to be able to move stock about.

Don't forget to stick a hat on! You can get a thinsulate beany for a quid off most markets.

System

annie1975 wrote: »

Its nearer 5 hours Falko89...Wage an hr £7.Minus £1.40 tax.Minus 84p NI.Then lose 41% in tax credits.Leaving you with a grand total of £1.89 per hr.

Tax is only 56p on £7 p/h assuming no other taxable income

sofaman

Working in the cold, you burn energy to stay warm. I have to eat to keep warm!

scooby088

My bosses used to say work harder that way you wouldn't get cold.

twiglet98

Plenty of people work outside, in all weathers, and don't keep whining about being cold. Wear appropriate clothing. Vests aren't expensive, you don't need specialist gear. Sleeveless bodywarmer / gilet jackets are excellent, even thinnish ones make a huge difference, they don't have to be the bulky type and don't get one with a down filling, they need hours in tumble dryer to stop the filling going into wet clumps - a polyester filled one will dry overnight. Wear two pairs of socks if your feet get cold and fingerless gloves if your hands do. Be careful with scarves, they can be lethal around machinery, but a tube neckwarmer (the type motorcyclists wear) is lightweight, very warm and easy to pop in your pocket when you're too warm to keep it on. Have hot drinks or soup at break times. If you have access to a microwave, have a jacket potato for lunch instead of a cold sandwich. Move about, move more, move faster, it will warm you up. Go for a brisk walk or even a run during your breaks.

Just please stop bleating about how you are so hard done by, you have a job which is indoors and out of the rain, wind and snow. Could you bear to be a dustman, postman, farm worker, traffic warden, stable hand, docker, builder? Soldier? Alternatively you have the option to find another job if it's really too awful, there'll be plenty of people grateful for the opportunity to fill the vacancy.

I work with a lot of Eastern Europeans who, not surprisingly, think the British can be pretty pathetic about cold temperatures. Their schools don't even close until the temperature goes below MINUS 25 C.

skivenov

scooby088 wrote: »

My bosses used to say work harder that way you wouldn't get cold.

Works though! A manager in a store I was working in nearly !!!! himself when he opened the walk in freezer that I'd been in for half an hour and I was working in a T-shirt!

Told him to shut the door, he was causing a draught :cool: