As the UK bakes in a heatwave, a legal expert explains what workers' rights exist around workplace temperature and when you can legally down tools if it's too hot in the workplace

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As the heatwave brings predicted temperatures of 39C to the UK, many of us will be wondering — how hot is too hot to work? An employment lawyer answers the question.