I'm in the process of reviewing our policy on home workers. In our organisation, employees who generally work from home are sales account managers who go out visiting customer sites but will do most of their admin work at home one or two days a week. I know this is generally considered to be a low risk environment, but we still have a duty of care for anyone 'at work' so I want to make sure we've got it covered. So we're looking at introducing a self-assessment checklist that covers DSE, electrical safety, and lone working aspects, that is then signed off by a Line Manager. Before I put anything in place, I'd be very interested in hearing about what other companies have in place? For example, do other companies include a home visit?

I used to work for a company who did similar self assessments but we asked them to supply a photograph of the work area. If the picture was not clear or appeared to have risks above the norm then a home visit would take place. Home workers tended to use their work laptops and so did not require setting up as such, just plugging into a docking station.

Hi guys, Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to reply, some useful comments there. Bob - do you provide everything for the home worker such as desks and chairs, etc as well as computers? Cheers, Simon