It is for you to implement the policy etc for homeworkers and to what extent you should risk assess etc. For example, if someone has been permitted to work flexibly from home so as to support them in their "problems" you may not carry out a full fledged assessment, but could provide them with "guidance" or dos and donts reagrding setting up their work-station for office based type work i.e. using a home PC or a laptop. That is what we do. We only carry out full fledged home-working risk assessments for employees whose contract of employment refers to homeworking. In my view, anyone who works regularly, all be it for one day a week from home is a homeworker, but to the extent to which one carries out a detailed homeworking risk assessment for this is a matter of what is reasonably practicable, i.e is it adequate to providr information & instructions on the use of the equipment, some of which could either be the employers or also the employees. Obviously, this will depend upon the nature of the risk based on the activity. The risk, in my view for office type work is low. We also have guidelines on what constitutes a reportable accident etc. ILO is a specialised agency of the United Nations. ILO has Conventions, Recommendations, Codes of Practice and Guidance. Unless UK has ratified a convention, it will not have a legal standing and also, any breach is a matter for the International Court of Justice to consider! http://www.ilo.org/safew...tions/lang--en/index.htm http://www.ilo.org/safew...codes/lang--en/index.htm http://www.ilo.org/safew...en/WCMS_117396/index.htm