02-27-2009, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by FrzngEmplye
I work in a roughly 2,000 sq. ft office and each night we turn our heat/air off. In turn, it is rather cold each morning when I arrive to work; I'm usually one of the first two or three people to arrive. Our office heater has been out for some time now and management refuses to spend the money to fix the heater. They advised us to dress warmer, or to bring a personal heater. At first it was no big deal, we all dressed warmer for the office, and survived the majority of the winter.
In the past few weeks I have been battling flu like symptoms and I cannot imagine the working conditions helping these symptoms any.
Does anyone know the legal obligation a company has to it's employees to provide a healthy work environment. I cannot logically believe it is legal for a company to deny heat during the winter months to its employees.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated!
Freezing Employee
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If you are allowed to provide your own heat, I am not sure the company is "denying" you heat.
However, I would contact your local building code enforcement and inform them of what you feel may be a violation (no heat). However, the down side of it is that if your employer really doesn't have the money to have the heat fixed, he may get it fixed at the cost of cutting salaries or employee jobs, or even close down the entire business.
Good luck.
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