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In the UK how cold does it have to be outside before you get sent home from work? x?

Just wondering?

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The law only states for min temp INSIDE a building (outside work may be different) IF your building's heating went down THEN it's a health and safety issue and IF the company cannot repair or secure heating THEN when it reaches min temp they will send you home.

Other than than they won't and cold weather outside doesn't matter.

They may send people home early so people do not get stuck but they don't have to, that is down to company discretion.

Check out the link below for the health and safety guidelines regarding minimum temp at work

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• Well if you work in a building site then yes you would be send home as the work out side would be impossible, but if you are working in an office so it would not matter how cold it is out side.
  Some companies do send their employers early if there is a chaos on the roads or the transports to give them more time to get home safely/

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• It doesn't matter how cold it is outside you would still have to work providing inside work is at a suitably warm temperature to work in. You would only get sent home if there were adverse weather conditions e.g snow which may prevent you from getting home later in the day.

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• It depends what kind of work you do. The general answer is -5 but for some businesses it would be more or less.

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• There are no laws for this, so it is at the company's discretion!

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