Employer Requirements

Calvin001

Hi, was just wondering is there any requirements on maximum and minimum temperatures for an office? I can find a maximum temperature, but no minimum - I'm working in a old office with poor heating.....

XrayGolf

What you are looking for is the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 which covers the issue of minimum temperatures in the workplace.

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7.
Room temperature.

(1) An employer shall ensure that— (a) during working hours, the temperature in rooms containing workstations is appropriate for human beings, having regard to the working methods being used and the physical demands placed on the employees,

(b) for sedentary office work, a minimum temperature of 17.5°C, so far as is reasonably practicable, is achieved and maintained at every workstation after the first hour’s work,

(c) for other sedentary work, at every workstation where a substantial proportion of the work is done sitting and does not involve serious physical effort, a minimum temperature of 16°C is, so far as is reasonably practicable, achieved and maintained after the first hour’s work,

(d) means are available to enable persons at work to measure the temperature in any workplace inside a building,

(e) the temperature in rest areas, rooms for duty staff, sanitary facilities, canteens and first-aid rooms is appropriate to the particular purpose of such areas, and

(f) in relation to windows, skylights and glass partitions, excessive effects of sunlight are avoided in places of work, having regard to the nature of the work and the characteristics of the place of work.