Instead of complaining on an internet forum, tell your company you're going home.My office is freezing cold. Everyone is complaining. 9°C inside and the minimum temperature should be apparently 16°C but I don't see we are going home anytime soon.
My office is freezing cold!!!!!
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It was under Office, Shops Railway Premises Act of 1963, but that has since been replaced by
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
Section 7
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1992/Uksi_19923004_en_2.htm#mdiv7
covers the temperatures.
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I would go home if I were you. Done it in the past and will do it again.
Found this as well
http://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/temperature.htm
Found this as well
http://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/temperature.htm
Since we have had about 5-7 heaters on for the last few hours our office is much better now (one near my legs so I am not cold anymore), about 15°C-16°C but I went to the warehouse that is below our office and they have a different story in there.
It looks like their heating system broke down so no extra warm air from anywhere, since they have a big gates open most of the time and the warehouse space is quite big they have freezing temperatures in there and everyone is moaning but no action is being taken, warehouse manager called in sick today, the managing director is off today, account manager told them they can go home but won't get paid etc so no one wants to leave.
The management here is truly shocking when it comes to dealing with emergencies like this.
I can only be sorry for my colleges working in the warehouse
and others that have no personal heater
It looks like their heating system broke down so no extra warm air from anywhere, since they have a big gates open most of the time and the warehouse space is quite big they have freezing temperatures in there and everyone is moaning but no action is being taken, warehouse manager called in sick today, the managing director is off today, account manager told them they can go home but won't get paid etc so no one wants to leave.
The management here is truly shocking when it comes to dealing with emergencies like this.
I can only be sorry for my colleges working in the warehouse
and others that have no personal heater 
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It's different, I feel colder inside when I'm sat down than when I'm outside moving about a lot.
I would get the manager down and definitely get something out of it for yourself at the very least.
I hate people like you that go to the rule books with stupid stuff like this ¬_¬'My office is freezing cold. Everyone is complaining. 9°C inside and the minimum temperature should be apparently 16°C but I don't see we are going home anytime soon.
"It's 9 degrees in here, and it's meant to be 16 degrees minimum! Best go home"
Please... grow a pair ¬_¬'
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I dislike people like you who feel it's perfectly acceptable to be used as the proverbial doormat largely for someone else’s benefit.
It’s not an unreasonable request to be comfortable at work which is why the "rule book" is there.
You should value yourself a bit more.
Please... grow a pair.
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If you're sick of being cold in an office you're going to do that fella, need ammo to support the problem don't you?
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Was freezing this morning but has warmed up slightly... nevertheless there is a guy in my office with his fan on... if he's hot now I can't imagine what he's going to be like in the Summer! 
Did not want to get out of bed this morning!
BB x
Did not want to get out of bed this morning!
BB x
Was freezing this morning but has warmed up slightly... nevertheless there is a guy in my office with his fan on... if he's hot now I can't imagine what he's going to be like in the Summer!
Did not want to get out of bed this morning!
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There is always a bloke in the office with a fan on, where ever you work.
I work from home but I am reluctant to put the heating on, as I don't want a big bill to come through and make my housemates split it, considering as I am the only one in the house most of the time. So I am sat in bed in my boyfriends massive hoody and jogging bottoms. Quiet toasty now,
Basic statutory rights for the employer to provide a bareable working atmosphere, it might be at their discretion but you should be able to go home but keeping a standard day, i.e getting paid.
I definetley wouldn't sit around in the cold inside.
I definetley wouldn't sit around in the cold inside.