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Arena Magazine 2007 Issue 4 Winter Arena |
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Cold facts
Your question answered.
The heating system at our warehouse always fails or doesn't provide adequate heating during the winter months, what can we do?
Your employers have a duty under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 to maintain a reasonable temperature in the workplace at all times. The Approved Code of Practice to the regulations states that 16 degrees celsius (or 13 degrees celsius for physically strenuous work) is the minimum requirement. Your employer also has a legal duty to maintain equipment such as heating. If temperatures inside the warehouse are regularly at or below the minimum or if the heating breaks down, raise this with your rep or local official as soon as possible.
While this advice is accurate it is not a definitive guide to the law or your contract.
If you have any concerns you should contact your local rep/official or ring the helpline 0845 6060640.
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