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Adverse weather - employees working on another site - Employers rights when staff work on client sites
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mrs_slade_15  
#1 Posted : 21 March 2018 14:28:51(UTC)
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mrs_slade_15

Has anyone got any guidance or is there any guidance out there for employers that have employees working on client sites and what happens with adverse weather. If the site closes but the office is still open, do the employees have to follow the guidance of working from home or making the time up?

Also if we have closed the offices and the client demands that an employee attends for a meeting do we have the right to refuse the client, are there processes that we could follow or show the client in these circumstances?
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LeanneD  
#2 Posted : 21 March 2018 15:57:00(UTC)
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LeanneD

I would say that this is more to do with HR policy than H&S. 

I know where i work people attended their nearest location to report for work if they were not able to make it to their regular place of work.

I would have thought most organisations would follow the rule of only attending work if it was safe for an individual to do so.  If the site was their regular place of work and was still open i would expect them to go in even if the main office was shut.  Similarly if they were able to work from the main office and that remained open while the site was shut then i would expect them to report to the office.  Home worlking would be the best option if available.

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Charlie Brown  
#3 Posted : 21 March 2018 17:04:06(UTC)
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Charlie Brown

Agreed, this is a hr issue.

So long as it is safe for the employee to attend a site there is no reason safety wise why they shouldn't be there and if there are safety issues with the employee attending site then it is up to the company to decide if the employee should work from home or another location which is safe to attend.

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