Depends on what kind of job you do. I can't imagine standing up my whole shift in my office job. In the meantime, OP can just put some foil over the chair and seal it. But the problem should definitely be reported to boss !

Not jecessarily. I do this stuff for a living and it is all situational. OP could already have them at home and only just be noticing it, if it's a "shift" cubicle and it ends up being shared the posters cube-mate may be transferring them in, the chair might be rented by the office and a lot of tikes you get them from rented furniture or, like you said, a full infestation. What is important is that it is handled like a full infestation and that OP heats their laundry to 160 degrees for 45 minutes killing mature adults, nymphs and eggs.

They would probably be better off incinerating the chair and getting a new one at that point

It depends on where you work... I work in a group home- but since I am the supervisor, I spend most of my day at my desk. Bed bugs are pretty common in this setting. We haven't had them, but other homes have and we have to do a monthly sweep of the house to be sure...

No. Bed bugs technically don't pose any real threat to a person's health since they can't transmit diseases. That's why nothing is really being done about them. They're considered a nuisance, nothing more.

Good plan! That way when the bed bugs living in other places in her bedroom reproduce they can infest the new mattress too! Throwing away money is great fun. No really, bed bugs live in anything from your furniture to your walls, from your clothing to your books. That's why they're such a nightmare. If it was as easy as replacing a mattress they wouldn't be a problem for most people.

Please read again. It was a chair at workplace, not a mattress.

With your* New to FML? (:

That won't do any good, their chair is more than likely infested too.