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Global warming .What can you expect from your employers during 'freak' weather periods - hot or cold? We offer tips and advice based on existing policies across Europe.
A comfortable and healthy working environment is essential for a productive staff. Extreme weather conditions such as heat waves or plunging temperatures make it difficult to work, especially if your workplace conditions aren't up to standard, or simply not geared to handle 'un-seasonal' weather.
Autumn has been unusually warm with temperatures reaching up to 20 degrees in many places. Thursday 16 November was the hottest 16 November ever recorded in Belgium and the Dutch news reported that 2006 has seen the hottest autumn in 300 years.
Summer in 2006 was no different. There were at least two heat waves in most European countries accompanied with several heat-related deaths (some while working) and near record temperatures in many places .
It was the hottest summer ever in Britain, the hottest month (July) followed by the wettest month (August) in the Netherlands.
Extreme weather seems to be growing more common but are these events temporary natural deviations or here to stay? The definite answer has been hotly contested. However, scientific studies predict that extreme cold and hot weather conditions will occur more frequently in the future and will become standard rather than exceptions to the rule.
Many attribute this frequency in freak weather worldwide to global warming; the observed rise in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans in recent decades.
The prevailing scientific view causing this climate change is attributed to human activities that increase the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
According to Switzerland's top environmental expert Philippe Roch, freak weather is an "indication" of global warming. Findings published in the Observer newspaper ascribe rising temperatures in the UK to global warming. The BBC also reports on the results of the Global Scientific Body that 'only greenhouse gas emissions can explain freak weather patterns'.
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