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Kathryn Maund
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We are a college due to have our boilers replaced in the summer, there will no no students or food preparation during this period only a skeleton of support/office staff working in the building. Is it a h&s legal requirement to provide hot water during the time?
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Kathryn Maund
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Kate Gardner - Workplace Law Network
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Kathryn
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 require you to provide adequate washing facilities for staff, which includes the provision of hot and cold running water. However where you are faced with a situation which interrupts normal provision, you are required to make suitable alternative arrangements. In practice this will require you to provide some form of warm water for washing hands at easily accessible places within the workplace. Remember that if you choose to use a kettle or a wall mounted water heater then you need to make sure that your risk assessments are updated to ensure that the risk of scalds to staff is addressed.
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