RESHIPPING OF WORKING HOURS?
Working hours are a sensitive topic. They can be attractive or intimidating. Complicated or understandable. You position yourself as a company with working hours. Whether it is desirable as an employer or not.
Why is the topic important? Because at temperatures of more than 26 degrees, working in many industries becomes a stress test. And companies are therefore increasingly thinking about shifting working hours to cooler times of day, while employees, on the other hand, are massively resisting this.
The credo is that the boss doesn’t dictate working hours. An example makes the problem clear: In Zurich in 2022, 15,000 construction workers demonstrated against the deregulation of working hours and for better health protection in the summer. “If the boss alone determines the work schedule and no construction worker knows when he will come home in the evening, then the family and social life suffer,” criticized Nico Lutz, sector leader of the Unia union, at the final rally on Helvetiaplatz. And he warned of the fatal consequences: work in construction will continue to become less attractive and the shortage of skilled workers will become even worse.
SWEATING MAKES YOU TIRED AND UNABLE TO CONCENTRATE
The dilemma: For many companies, reducing working hours during the summer heat periods is not possible. But moving working hours to cooler times of the day is met with resistance. At the same time, the protection of employees in hot weather is regulated by law.
So what can you do to reduce heat stress, not endanger the company’s productivity and not further increase the shortage of skilled workers in your own company?
E.COOLINE cooling clothing offers effective heat protection indoors and outdoors, maintains health, concentration and performance even in extreme temperatures even during regular working hours and can therefore be a perfect solution for maintaining predictable working hours for employees and thus the attractiveness of the company.
