Poll: During hot weather, and if there is no legitimate Health & Safety reason otherwise, should employees be allowed to wear shorts to work?
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Yes, as long as it is in keeping with the uniform and looks relatively smart.
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Shorts in work during hot weather
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Well if you get awfully hot in your usual work pants i guess you'll be going home with heat exhaustion? Wink

I'm a Virgin Media tech and we're told we absolutely can't wear shorts, I even found Dickies ones that take knee pads and tried to argue the H&S case but our legs have to be completely covered because we're at risk of Leptospirosis and other water-borne nasties, and digging gardens could result in a spade through a bare shin.

H&S sucks balls sometimes but can understand why it's there. Was up in someone's loft today, must have been 40+ degrees, and I had to be fully uniformed for it, including the hi-vis vest. There's guys getting sacked at the mo for failing on-site audits and not following H&S guidelines.. so no choice really.
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Shorts in work during hot weather - by Dodgy Bob - 11-07-2013, 05:10 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by kingy - 11-07-2013, 05:13 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Piggy - 11-07-2013, 05:13 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by cwspellowe - 11-07-2013, 05:18 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by burnmw - 11-07-2013, 06:13 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Scott - 11-07-2013, 06:15 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by burnmw - 11-07-2013, 06:20 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Niall - 11-07-2013, 07:19 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Grant - 11-07-2013, 07:22 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Niall - 11-07-2013, 07:33 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Grant - 11-07-2013, 07:34 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Grant - 11-07-2013, 07:41 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Grant - 11-07-2013, 07:53 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Kimmie - 11-07-2013, 08:38 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Grant - 11-07-2013, 08:50 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Kimmie - 11-07-2013, 08:54 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Grant - 11-07-2013, 08:56 PM
RE: Shorts in work during hot weather - by Niall - 11-07-2013, 09:32 PM

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