According to the deputy, when temperatures reach 28.5 degrees
According to the deputy, when temperatures reach 28.5 degrees, the working day should be reduced by one hour; at 29 degrees – by two hours; at 30.5 degrees – by three hours; and when temperatures exceed 32 degrees, employees should be sent home, as this poses a critical health risk.
Consensus
- Yaroslav Nilov, head of the Russian State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy, and Veterans' Affairs, called on employers to allow employees to leave work early during hot weather.
- Employers should show flexibility and respect toward employees working in high temperatures.
- Sanitary norms require reduction of working hours when indoor temperatures reach specific thresholds: 28.5°C (1 hour), 29°C (2 hours), 30.5°C (3 hours), and full cessation of work above 32°C.
- If offices are equipped with air conditioning, the reduction of working hours is not required.
- The Moscow region experienced a yellow fire danger level on August 6 due to heat and thunderstorms.
- Temperatures in Moscow were expected to reach 29–31°C during the day by the end of the workweek.
Points of divergence
- Rosconsumnadzor previously noted that working hours may be shortened if there is no air conditioner in the office. — vesti
- Nighttime temperatures in Moscow were expected to be 16–18°C on August 6–7, with a possible rise to 20°C on August 7. — m24
Coverage (2 sources)
- In the State Duma labor committee, they called for letting employees go home earlier in the heat — Вести
- In the State Duma, employers were urged to let employees go home earlier in the heat — Москва 24
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