Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd - Home Working Legislation

If you have employees working from home on a permanent or regular semi-permanent basis, you need to make proper provisions ensuring that you comply with health and safety legislation for home working. In fact, all of the legislation covering full-time office workers also extends to those working from home.

Complying with the legislation doesn’t take a lot of time or effort, but it is crucial. A wide range of legislation applies to home workers including (but not limited to) fire safety, manual handling of loads, first aid, accident reporting and use of electrical equipment.

Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd have developed and implemented home working assessment programs for various sized companies. We can help employers identify risks, record data and minimise problem areas. The best practice approach to home working starts with identifying the areas of risk and putting processes in place to deal with them systematically.

Employers with five or more employees (including those working from home) must record the results of their risk assessment, and show the steps taken to deal with the risks identified. Further steps should include training of home workers to use equipment and handle materials at home, set up of workstations and Display Screen Equipment (DSE) to comply with regulations and the enforcement of regular breaks.

This can be achieved through a simple assessment procedure which can be carried out as self-assessment. Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd can recommend and carry out a home visit to assist your worker’s set-up as you meet legislative requirements for home working . We also have Home Workers Guidance booklets available, which will fill you, and your employees, in on all the relevant information and give you a helping hand when it comes to compliance.

Employers with staff working from home must take steps to comply with risk assessment legislation. Absolute Health and Safety Solutions Ltd can show you the choices that you have when it comes to carrying out your assessment, supporting you as you become compliant.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg226.pdf

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