My office is too small! my boss says its not. Please help me find out what is the legal minimum size of room.?

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willliam d	if you don't like it, quit Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

On the Sleigh (again!)	100 ppl per square meter, or more. That's what the chickens put up with. Get over yourself. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

jessica12sk8er	http://www.legalethics.com/index.law has all sorts of cases similar to yours and answers Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Jah	change your job if you don't like it. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Johnny	Is there a sink and a toilet in there with you? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

wonderingstar	your employer has a legal resposability to certain health & safety issues concerning your workspace. ask them to complete a risk assesment of your work area. explore this HSE website for their legal requirements. http://www.hse.gov.uk/workers/index.htm http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse27.pdf good luck Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

hr4me	Check with your local state to see if there is a minimum space requirement per person. When we move an office and build cubicles we use different numbers, and it varies by county and state. You could also check with OSHA to see if they have any requirements. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

mjammy1978	ask 2 swap offices Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

DrIG	Find out if what you heard is accurate. Consult your local buildings department. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

poppy	I dont know but one of my colleagues works in a cupboard. this space is only just deep enough for a desk and the chair when she is seated. The single toilet room is bigger. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

S. Claus	If your boss thinks your office is fine, ask him/her to swap with you. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

$@m B	according to your measurements your room is 16 metres square and therefore is higher than the requirement you gave. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Becky	4x4 would be 16m squared Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Cheryl G	If your office is 4 m x 4 m, it equals 16 square meters. That's 5 meters larger the minimum size, if your information is correct. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

duck_fook2000	sorry but your employer is not required to keep you in any size room. Be glad you have a job. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Nikolas M	4x4 = 16 square meters. But even if your office was less than 11 square meters I don't think you would have any recourse since you could be relocated to a more spacious area on an open floor somewhere without an office. That is, unless having an office is a legal requirement. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Serge M	4x4 m is 16 square meters which is pretty big office. In many businesses, employees may have cubicles that measure 10 square meters or less. As long as you have enough space to do your work, you should not complain. Many employees don't even have an office, they just have a desk and much less space than you. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

SPIFIMAN1	The room you described is 16 sq, meters so it's well above the 11 sq. meter limit. It's simple math you multiply 4 x 4 = 16. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Philly DiIsso	Your office is 16 square meters, so you are well over the minimum. Calculation is length X width. Height does not figure into your calculation. Sorry. Your boss is right.....as usual! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

billyblue	The main requirement for space in a working area comes from the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 Regulation 10. However the regulation is fairly general – and it is the Approved Code of Practice that gives a more specific figure of 11 cubic metres of space per person (up to a maximum ceiling height of 3 metres). However this is unoccupied space – i.e. NOT taking into consideration the furniture and equipment. In a normal height room, 11 cubic metres is a floor area described by the length of a desk and a return unit. In other words, very little space at all. A little more information is given in the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 in the Schedule at paragraph 3(a) which states that ‘ the workstation shall be dimensioned and designed so as to provide sufficient space for the operator or user to change position and vary movements. Thus you can see that there are no specific figures given for access requirements. However there is a general duty under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 Section 2 for suitable access and egress – which is normally taken to mean the way into and out of the building, but has also been taken to mean access to work areas (and desks, by implication). Again, no specific figures, but the risk assessment will help here, in that the person using the desk should be able to get to it and leave it safely. Probably the most significant help can be obtained from the fire safety requirements – which most certainly apply here. In that the person must be able to escape easily in the event of a fire or other emergency. The ‘gap’ would depend on whether the people in the area are all able to walk easily – or were wheelchair users – and also how many people had to move through the ‘gap’ allowed for. Guidance for widths for fire requirements are given in BS5588 - 11:1997 Fire precautions in the design, construction and use of buildings. Code of practice for shops, offices, industrial, storage and other similar buildings. This would suggest a gap of 600mm for less than ten people easily able to move, and 900 for a wheelchair user. However all this depends on the risks in the area – remembering the general duty of care under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 – so a risk assessment will give a better guide, or put crudely, let the staff using it try to move and get out as an exercise – remembering that others may have to use that area too. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No