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Posted By Jon-P
We recently employed a new member of staff whose role will be to trawl the south east/west of the UK looking for work for our company. I have been informed that his working base will be from his home where he already has an office set up with required equipment.
What I would like to know from safety point of view is……..
If for example the new employee uses a kettle which is faulty within his house on his “lunch break” where do we stand as a company with insurance and safety purposes?
There are a number of questions which can relate to this as you can imagine…….but any help and thoughts would be grateful.
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Posted By A Campbell
How does he 'trawl' about the country?
If by car.. personal or not.. don't you have a policy that it his the employees responsibility to conduct regular checks prior to using/driving and (if personal) their responsibility for the upkeep or roadworthiness?
Similar if they use their own equipment when working at home.... How in depth are you going to spend your time on?
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Posted By Jon-P
He will be using a company car under our insurance where he has been taken through the relevant procedures for that.
As for the "office" based from home is a totaly new one for me and i need some adive....
Would it be worth drawing up something stating its his responsibility to ensure the upkeep of certain work equipment etc?
Thanks for your help....
Jon
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Posted By clairel
If it's his own home and his own equipment and it is just him (and his family) then you do nothing. He doesn't need fire extinguishers or first aid kits or PAT.
However, if the employer provides the equipment then the employer maintains it.
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Posted By Bob Youel
step back and appraise the whole job noting that many people die as the result of car accidents/driving but very few are killed [if any] as the result of working at home in the average house
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Posted By Peter F
Try HSE guidance, ING 226
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Posted By Bob Shillabeer
He is working from home not at home. His job seems to be mainly in the car when he is out hunting for customers am I right? How much time does he actually spend working at home? We have people who work at home and we have made sure they have a suitable workplace by advising them of the need to ensure the work space is adequate. It is hard to say we have a right to check what the employee has at home but we do specify that it must meet an acceptable standard and that a DSE assessment is undertaken to ensure that DSE is adequately managed.
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Posted By gerry d
INDG 226 does give some very useful guidance on this. I`m not au fait with the insurance and legal side of things but as far as health and safety goes I think it would be good practice to carry out a simple risk assessment with a layout sketch and/ or photos of the room/ location where the work is taking place. This may seem a bit much but better to show some level of control for the employee and for the company. I don`t work from home very often but have implemented the above whenever I do.
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Posted By Elfy
Legislation places a duty on
employers to protect their employees, including homeworkers.
Most of the Regulations made under the
HSWA apply to homeworkers, for example, the Management Regs, DSE Regs, MH Regs, PUWER and COSHH. Under the Management Regs employers are required to do a risk assessment of the work activities carried out by homeworkers.
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