For productive work, a favorable microclimate must be maintained in the office, but many employers do not comply with temperature requirements. This is a direct violation of Russian legislation. From this article you will learn the temperature norms in office premises. We'll also tell you in detail where to go if your workplace gets too hot or cold.

Which document regulates indoor temperature standards?

The temperature in the premises is regulated by SanPiN 2.2. 4.548-96, approved by the law “On the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population” of 1999. The requirements of this regulatory document also apply to offices, regardless of the profile and scale of the organization. The heads of organizations are responsible for maintaining the temperature regime. You can read more about the sanitary and hygienic characteristics of working conditions in the article.

Permissible standards in summer and winter, deviations and fluctuations

Optimal temperature at the workplace according to SanPiN for mental workers working 8 hours a day:

• +23-25°С – in summer;
• +22-24°С – in the cold season.

Maximum tolerance from the norm – 1-2°С. Throughout the working day, temperature fluctuations should not exceed 3-4 °C.

When using a sensitive thermometer, even in small room Temperature measurement results may differ by 3-4 degrees. This is due to the fact that warm air rises up, and cold one goes down. Therefore, legislation requires that the thermometer hang at a height of 1 m from the floor. In this case, the temperature will be measured correctly.

How to organize your working day if the temperature in the office deviates from the norm, see this video

What happens if temperature standards are not observed?

Interesting fact

According to research by Cornell University professor Alan Hage, at an optimal office temperature of 25 degrees, workers are practically not distracted from their duties and make a minimal number of errors (up to 10%). When the temperature drops to just 20 degrees, productivity drops by half and workers make about 25% of errors. In more unfavorable conditions, labor productivity decreases even more.

If the temperature in the office deviates from the norm, employees have the right to demand a reduction in the length of the working day. Employees are required to work all 8 hours only until the room exceeds +28°C. When the temperature rises by 1 degree Celsius, management is obliged to reduce the working day by 1 hour:

• at +29°C the working day is 7 hours;
• at +30°C – 6 hours;
• at +31°C – 5 hours, etc.

At +35°C, an employee has the right to work only 1 hour, and at +36°C, work is completely canceled.

The same rules apply when the temperature drops below the established norm:

• at +19°C the working day is 7 hours;
• at +18°C – 6 hours;
• at +17°C – 5 hours, etc.

If the office is +13°C, the working day is reduced to 1 hour, and at +12°C the employee is not required to work at all.

What to do and where to contact an employee in case of violations

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If the employer does not respond to employees’ requests to normalize temperature regime in the office or reduce their working hours, then they have the right to contact the Federal Service for Labor and Employment. This can be done electronically on the Rostrud website, in the “Send an appeal” section, or you can apply in person (information can be found in the “Public reception” section).

If temperature standards in the workroom are not met, employees can solve the problem in several ways:

1. Ask your employer to normalize the temperature using an air conditioner or heater.
2. Demand that the working hours be reduced in accordance with SanPiN standards.
3. File a complaint with Rospotrebnadzor (find out how and where you can complain about an employer).
4. Contact the labor inspectorate.

If you select the last two options, the workplace will be organized. Employees of the department to which the complaint was filed will establish the fact of the offense and oblige the employer to eliminate it.

What administrative measures are provided for an employer for non-compliance with temperature conditions?

An employer who is responsible for not maintaining the temperature regime in the office is subject to administrative liability. If SES specialists record such a violation, the management of the enterprise will be obliged to pay a fine of up to 20,000 rubles. It is also possible to suspend the activities of an organization for a certain period.

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27.10.2017, 18:36

Do you want your staff to always work efficiently? Agree that it is difficult to think about business when a person is experiencing discomfort. Therefore, the temperature in the workplace must be appropriate. After reading our material, you will find out what temperature standards in the workplace are established by SanPiN for 2017 and in the future, what it should be in the office in winter and summer, and also what the employer faces from violating it.

Why do we need SanPiN standards?

Employers are required to create not only safe conditions at work places, in the office, but also to maintain a comfortable atmosphere. Including temperature, humidity level, etc. This follows from Article 21 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.

Relevant standards are established to ensure that working 8 hours a day (40 hours a week) does not cause harm to the employee’s health. In addition, comfortable conditions have a positive effect on the performance of staff.

When setting temperature standards in a workroom, be sure to also pay attention to humidity, air speed, surface temperature, etc.

The indicators of the standards under consideration may differ, since the degree of load and types of work are usually different. For example, in foundries the average temperature is around 35-37 degrees. What should be the temperature in the office workplace?

Office temperature

The less physical activity a person does, the warmer the room should be. Office workers spend most of their time at the computer, moving at most from office to office. Therefore, the temperature for such conditions is set taking into account these factors.

Of course, the normal temperature in the workplace in winter differs from the normal temperature in the workplace in summer. Next we will clearly demonstrate this.

According to SanPiN 2017 standards, the temperature in the office workplace in the warm season should be 23-25C with a relative air humidity of 40-60%. At the same time, the surface temperature is from 22 to 26C, and the air movement speed is up to 0.1 m/s.

In the cold season, the temperature in the office should be from 22 to 24C (humidity and air speed are similar). The optimal surface temperature is 21-25C.

When making a decision, be guided by:

• SanPiN 2.2.4.548-96<Hygienic requirements to the microclimate of production premises> (clauses 5, 6, 7 and Appendix 1);
• SanPiN 2.2.4.3359-16 “Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for physical factors in the workplace.”

Employers need to know exactly what temperature should be in the workroom, since failure to comply with the standards may result in prosecution.

Consequences of violating SanPiN standards

When working conditions deviate from the norms and Labor Code of the Russian Federation, the duration working day should be reduced. For example, office staff can work indoors at 13C for no more than 1-4 hours.

Responsibility for this violation of labor legislation is provided for in Part 1 of Art. 5.27.1 Code of Administrative Offenses of Russia. Employers and officials are fined:

• 2000 – 5000 rub. for businessmen;
• 50,000 – 80,000 for legal entities;
• 2000 – 5000 rub. on officials.

Let us remind you once again that it is the employer’s responsibility to create and maintain a temperature in the workplace in accordance with SanPiN standards. To do this, they use a variety of air conditioners, heaters, etc. By observing established standards, you can avoid many conflicts, as well as downtime associated with employee illnesses.

Payment for public utilities is growing every year, especially in times of economic crisis. Unfortunately, nothing similar can be said about their quality. When citizens give a significant part of their hard-earned money to provide comfortable conditions residence, utility services strive to show dishonesty on all fronts of their work.

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If, during self-measurement, you determine that the temperature norm is lowered, you should inform the Emergency Dispatch Service about this. If the disruption of heat supply is not caused by natural factors (for example, an accident on a heating main), the dispatcher calls an emergency team to the house, drawing up an official measurement report.

The measurement must be carried out by a registered device that has all the necessary technical documents. The act contains the following information:

• date of its preparation,
• characteristics of the apartment,
• composition of the commission,
• device data,
• temperature values,
• signatures of all commission members.

The act is drawn up in two copies, one of which remains with the owner of the apartment, and the other with the housing and communal services employees carrying out the measurements.

Air exchange rate

Air temperature is not the only parameter that directly affects the comfort and safety of people living in the house. Air exchange is important for the body: the presence fresh air, ventilation of residential and non-residential premises.

This parameter is also regulated by SanPiN regulations. Thus, the required air exchange rate for a living space with an area of ​​18 m² is 3 m³/h per person. square meter, for the kitchen - three times more.

Air exchange rate is a characteristic determined by the ratio of air removed or supplied from a room per hour to the volume of this room.

How to measure the coolant?

Coolant in the system central heating is hot water , flowing from the tap.

You can measure its temperature different ways, but the simplest one is measuring tap water temperature with a thermometer, poured into a glass.

It is also possible to measure pipe temperature. The value of this parameter should be 50-70°C.

Responsibility of utilities for violation of temperature standards

If the indoor temperature in winter is below normal, what should you do?

By law, citizens have the right to demand reducing heat charges by 0.15% for each hour that utilities fail to comply with your temperature standards. After carrying out simple calculations, you can establish that in 4 weeks of service provision poor quality heating at home, the rent for it is reduced by more than 90%. Of course, utility companies will not voluntarily agree to such a recalculation, and therefore we must go to court.

Application for recalculation of heating fees in Management company can be downloaded.

History knows examples when citizens managed to defend their rights. Thus, in 2014, a resident of the Perm Territory recovered 136 thousand rubles from utility services for the utility services’ failure to comply with their obligations to provide her home with heat.

Temperature standards in the apartment. Watch the video:

Greetings, dear friends! I don’t know about you, but here in Novosibirsk it’s relatively cold period coming for November. It seems sunny and dry, but due to the humidity and northeast wind it is quite cold.

I think that the job low temperatures you can try to shorten it. You will learn how to do this from this note.

The main thing here is to understand at what temperatures it becomes possible to shorten the working day.

Taking into account the requirements Labor Code, hygienic standards contained in sanitary rules and regulations (“R 2.2.2006-05. Guidelines for the hygienic assessment of factors in the working environment and the labor process. Criteria and classification of working conditions” and “SanPiN 2.2.4.548-96. 2.2.4. Physical factors of the production environment.Hygienic requirements for the microclimate of production premises. Sanitary rules and norms”, establishing, among other things, optimal and permissible temperature indicators for workplaces), the head of the company may decide to shorten the working day or stop work in case of extremely low or high temperatures.

But the employees themselves may require this. According to Article 21 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, an employee has the right to workplace, corresponding to state regulatory requirements labor protection and conditions stipulated by the collective agreement. According to the law “On the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population”, working conditions, workplace and labor process should not provide harmful effects per person. What if not the cold in the workplace can lead to hypothermia and illness?

Thus, the employer is obliged to control the microclimate at the enterprise, including the temperature in the workplace. Temperature measurements at workplaces are carried out using a thermometer or psychrometer at least 3 times per working day (shift).

After the measurements, it is necessary to draw up a protocol in which to justify and evaluate the measurements taken for compliance with the regulatory requirements of the Sanitary Rules. Only after carrying out all the necessary measurements, the employer can decide to reduce the working day of employees based on the norms of the Sanitary Rules and retain full-time work for the employees. wages taking into account that the ambient temperature does not correspond to permissible values.

If the work is related to the implementation of labor activities on outdoors, then Article 109 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation provides for special breaks for heating at low temperatures. These breaks are included in the total working time.

And in judicial practice There were precedents when employees defended their right to a warm workplace.

In the Determination of the St. Petersburg City Court dated October 25, 2010 No. 14529 state enterprise an order was issued to eliminate violations, including non-compliance with temperature conditions in the premises of the enterprise and at workplaces.

And in the Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Volga-Vyatka District dated December 11, 2008 No. A82-653/2008-9, the court indicated that the employer did not provide safe working conditions for its employee, which led to an industrial accident while the employee was insulating windows due to unsatisfactory maintenance of the building , which was expressed in the lack of insulation of window frames for work in the autumn-winter period, as a result of which the air temperature in the workplace was below normal.

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At what office temperatures is a shortened working day possible?

Working conditions are regulated sanitary rules and SanPiN standards 2.2.4.548-96 “Hygienic requirements for the microclimate of industrial premises.”

According to the document, those who work indoors are divided into five categories:

• sedentary work. This includes managers, office workers, garment and watch production workers. For them the most comfortable temperature indoors +22°С - +24°С.
• if you spend the whole day on your feet. For example, these are controllers, sales consultants. They must operate at +21°C - +23°C.
• The work involves some physical stress. For example, tour guides, employees of cleaning shops at machine-building enterprises. The optimal temperature for them is +19°С -+21°С.
• work involving walking and carrying weights up to ten kilograms. These are mostly factory workers - mechanics, welders. For them, the room temperature should be +17°C - +19°C.
• suggests heavy physical work, for example, in foundries and forges. This category also includes loaders who carry furniture and equipment heavier than ten kilograms. For them the temperature is slightly lower - + 16°С -+ 18°С.

When the temperature in the workplace drops 1 degree below normal, working hours are reduced by 1 hour.

Thus, at a temperature of +19°C the working day office worker will be 7 hours, +18 °C - 6 hours and so on. At a temperature of +12°C and below, work stops and, according to Article 157 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, working time in this case is paid by the employer in the amount of at least two-thirds of the tariff rate.

However, I would like to note that SanPiN 2.2.4.548-96 does not have the status of normative legal acts, and therefore the requirements established by these acts cannot be considered as mandatory, and are only advisory in nature.

If the workplace is located in unheated rooms or the work is carried out outdoors, you can follow “MR 2.2.7.2129-06. Work and rest regimes for workers in cold weather in open areas or in unheated premises,” as well as regulatory documents at the regional and/or municipal level.

1. Article 21 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation - an employee has the right to a workplace that meets state regulatory requirements for labor protection and the conditions stipulated by the collective agreement.

2. At the same time, Article 212 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation obliges the employer, among other things, to ensure working conditions in each workplace that comply with labor protection requirements; organizing control over the state of working conditions in the workplace, as well as over the correct use of personal and collective protective equipment by employees.

3. Based on Article 219 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, every employee has the right, including to a workplace that meets labor protection requirements.

4. At the federal level, requirements for working conditions are regulated by Federal Law No. 52-FZ of March 30, 1999 “On the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population” (hereinafter referred to as Law No. 52-FZ).

4.1. In particular, paragraph 1 of Art. 25 says that working conditions, the workplace and the work process should not have a harmful effect on humans. Requirements for ensuring safe working conditions for humans are established by sanitary rules and other regulatory legal acts. Russian Federation.

4.2. According to paragraph 2 of Art. 25 of Law No. 52-FZ individual entrepreneurs And legal entities are required to carry out sanitary and anti-epidemic (preventive) measures to ensure safe working conditions for humans and comply with the requirements of sanitary rules and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation to production processes And technological equipment, organization of workplaces, collective and individual means protection of workers, work, rest and consumer services for workers in order to prevent injuries, occupational diseases, infectious diseases and diseases (poisoning) associated with working conditions.

5. In accordance with clause 4.2 of SanPiN 2.2.4.548-96. "2.2.4. Physical factors of the production environment. Hygienic requirements for the microclimate of industrial premises. Sanitary rules and regulations" microclimate indicators must ensure the preservation heat balance person with environment and maintaining the optimal or acceptable thermal state of the body.

5.1. Based on clause 4.3 of SanPiN 2.2.4.548-96, indicators characterizing the microclimate in production premises, are, including air temperature, air speed.

6. “MR 2.2.7.2129-06. Work and rest regimes for workers in cold weather in open areas or in unheated rooms,” as well as regulations regional and/or municipal level.

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In accordance with labor legislation The employer is obliged to ensure safe working conditions as much as possible. This means that the level of exposure to harmful factors should not exceed the standards established by law. One of the legal requirements is to ensure normal temperature in the work area.

Temperature standards in the working area

Physical exposure factors in the workplace should not deviate from established standards. SanPiN defines the following options impact on workers:

• thermal and sound factors;
• vibration vibrations;
• electrical, magnetic fields etc.

The indicators are compiled in such a way that harmful effects cannot lead to injury or illness to the employee. The temperature regime at the workplace is established by SanPiN 2.2.4.3359.-16. It includes:

• temperature in the workplace and surfaces;
• air humidity indicators;
• air flow speed.

The standards are set for the warm and cold seasons. If the outside temperature is above +10, then you should focus on the indicators provided for the warm season. Standards also differ depending on the work performed. This is due to the fact that some employees spend all day in the office, others perform work in production facilities, etc.

Permissible temperature for office space:

What should an employee do if the temperature regime is not maintained?

If the temperature regime in the workplace is not observed, the employee has the right to:

• Contact your superiors with a demand to normalize the indicators. For small fluctuations, you can use a heater or fan. A more expensive option is to install an air conditioner.
• Demand a reduction in working hours.

According to the law, the room temperature should not exceed:

• 28 degrees for an 8-hour day;
• 30 degrees – for 5 hours of operation;
• 31 degrees – for 3 o’clock;
• 32 degrees – for a two-hour working day;
• 32.5 – for 1 hour of work.

Indicators above established standards are considered dangerous to human health and life.

Norm for the cold season: 20 ºС – eight-hour working day. When the temperature drops by 1 degree, the working day is shortened by 1 hour.

You can also file a complaint with the Labor Inspectorate. To do this, you need to go to the website of the State Labor Inspectorate of your region and select the section dedicated to citizens’ appeals. It contains information on how to make a complaint or get advice.

Features of temperature measurements in the workplace

Measurements are taken when the outside temperature is not higher than -5 degrees (in cold times), in warm times - not lower than +15 ºС. In order to control the microclimate at workplaces, verification measurements are carried out once a year.

The assessment is made based on an average indicator consisting of three measurements, which should not exceed the boundaries of established standards. If a complaint is received about the temperature in the workroom, measurements are taken regardless of the external temperature at least 3 times a day (morning, lunch and evening):

• When performing sedentary work, measurements are taken at 10 cm and 1 meter from the floor.
• When performing standing work - 10 cm and 160 cm from the floor.
• Humidity is measured at 100 and 160 cm, respectively.
• The intensity of thermal radiation is set at 0.5, 1 and 1.5 m with an error of 0.05 m.

Important: measurements are taken at the workplace. If an employee works in several places, then measurements are taken at each of them.

Fine for failure to comply with temperature standards in the work area

In accordance with Art. 5.27.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, in case of violation of standards ensuring safe working conditions, the following types of punishments are provided:

• warning;
• penalties in relation to:
  • responsible persons - from 2 to 5 thousand rubles;
  • Individual entrepreneur – from 2 to 5 thousand rubles;
  • enterprises - 50-80 thousand rubles.

If violations are repeatedly detected, tougher penalties are provided:

• The fine against the responsible person and individual entrepreneur is 30-40 thousand rubles or:
  • For official- disqualification for a period of 1 to 3 years;
  • for individual entrepreneurs - deprivation of the opportunity to engage entrepreneurial activity up to 90 days.
• Monetary recovery from the organization in the amount of 100 to 300 thousand rubles or temporary suspension of work for a period of no more than 3 months.

Thus, the air temperature in the workplace should not deviate from the established standards. The obligation to comply with labor safety standards rests with the employer. In case of failure to comply with the requirements of the law, the following types of penalties are provided: warning, fine or temporary suspension of activities.