My employer doesn’t heat my part of the building, England
I work in a fairly large store that runs deliveries in the back, which is where I work. The shop floor and most of the building is heated, but the warehouse room I work in is not and in the winter months it can get so cold that we go into the industrial fridge to warm up, and ice forms on the outside of the freezer door. We wear thick gloves, hats and coats inside.
As far as I’m aware, there is a legal expectation for employers to maintain a comfortable working temperature unless you are an outdoor worker.
I would consider myself an indoor worker given I’m inside a building, but does the fact we have backdoors into the yard that we open frequently mean we’re not?
Basically I want to know if it’s likely I have a valid legal complaint so that I can make a fuss about this before winter rolls around again.