Legal Requirements

HVAC legal requirements
for the workplace

You know that your employees need to have an environment where they're comfortable and where they feel like they're in a position to do their job. And the heating, the ventilation and the air conditioning all play a part in that. Contact us at Industrial Air Ltd for more details.

Prioritise the health and welfare of your employees

As an employer, you’re responsible for the health and safety of your employees, which means complying with the regulations set out by Health and Safety legislation. Under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, you have a legal duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of your employees. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (the Management Regulations) require you to assess and control risks to protect your employees.

Legal requirements checklist

You must:

Maintain the workplace and any equipment so that it is safe and works efficiently

You must provide:

A reasonable working temperature within workplaces inside buildings (at least 16°C or 13°C for strenuous work, unless it is impractical to do so)
Install local heating or cooling where a comfortable temperature cannot be maintained throughout each workroom
Provide employees with good ventilation - a sufficient supply of fresh, clean air drawn from outside or an internal ventilation system
Install heating systems which do not release dangerous or offensive levels of fumes into the workplace

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