A COVID-STYLE furlough scheme is needed to financially support people when it is too hot to work as global warming grows worse, bakers’ union members said at their annual conference today.

Delegates meeting in Staffordshire enthusiastically backed a motion that also demanded a legal limit on workplace heat as average temperatures continue their alarming climb.

BFAWU president Ian Hodson told the gathering at Yarnfield Park conference centre in Stone that bad bosses, instead of protecting workers, are already forcing staff to take annual leave or unpaid time off work when factories and offices become too hot.