Does anyone know the maximum legal temperature allowed in an office?

Question:

My office is extremely hot all day even with windows and doors open, sometimes to the point of not being able to breathe. I wondered if the company have a duty to maintain a certain temperature and whilst I am aware of a minimum temp I do not know about a maximum temperature.

Answers:
Office and dining rooms - 20C/68F

Other Answers:
74 is the normal temp for an office,just wear shorts.

I was wondering the same thing. And while it would be beneficial for the companies to have a max temperature for both the comfort of themselves and their employees as well as their computers I do not think there is a max temperature. I work in a company that has a warehouse and the warehouse is NOT air conditioned at all. I do not know. Your state may have Health and Safety codes that indicate that. Check your state's website for OSHA. I do know that 72 degrees is considered to be the optimum temperature.

Exactly that, there isn't one. There is a minimum temperature by law but not a maximum one.
Get them to hire Air Con units or threaten to strike.

As far as I know there is no legal limit to the max temperature, however I think that guidelins recommend a max of about 50 degrees C. There is a legal minimum of 16 degrees C for offices though! ma kitty, TIPPY wont stop botherin me!!

Ha.. it's the 4th of July, and i'm in my cubicle now at work.. but i only have to work for 90 min today :)

I believe that they don't let it get any warmer than 75.. or maybe it's 70.. here. We have so many computers in our workplace due to it being a customer service call center, every agent has a computer, so they have to keep the building cool at all times.

I wonder what would happen if it got so hot that all the computers overheated.. would they send us home?. maybe i'll find out someday :)

Are you pregnant. LOL slightly below boiling seems to work around here. There is no upper limit only a lower limit (61.8 Degrees Farenheit)

This is mainly because certain parts of industry etc the temperatures do rise, think how hot it gets in a bakery, and they cannot regulate for this

20C/68F

A employer has a legal duty of care to its employees, which means that he must keep the enviroment in which you work at a comfortable level.
As in an office the employer must provide if requested fans / air con if its to warm and heating if its to cold.
You can quote the health and safety at work act (hasaw 1977) section 2 (2) which states that an employer must provide a safe and healthy working enviroment.
If the employer does not do anything you have a right to put a employers liability claim against the company for putting you in a dangerous enviroment.

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