Keeping your Workforce Warm

Guidance on working in cold and wintry weather from HSE

Make sure you protect workers during low temperatures and wintry conditions.

You can find helpful advice from HSE on keeping people as comfortable as possible when working in the cold.

Their website offers information and guidance including:

• advice on how to protect workers in low temperatures

• clarity on what the law says about temperature in the workplace

• how you can assess the risks and manage workplace temperatures to protect workers

In addition, our workplace temperature checklist will help you carry out a basic risk assessment and you can read our guidance on preventing slips and trips in winter weather. 

Keeping your Workforce Warm - last updated 9.1.25