For office based staff or those working in set locations, the appplication of the welfare requirements is easy. How are you managing these for transiant or Peripatetic workers?

For exmaple - we have 5 Sales Reps who travel all over the country, they normally stop off at cafe, service stations etc and stop for a rest, drink , toilet break etc.  One rep has said we need to provide them with water (so we have give them a water bottle for them to fill before they leave the house) . The welfare at work act states an employer must provide facilities such as toilets, somewhere clean to eat and hot running water.

As their works are not office based - impossible for "us" to povide, but we can provide them with details of where they could use - we also ask for them to plan their works to take into consideration reset breaks.

We also have a team of mobile customer satisfiaction survey people, who travel on public transport doing surveys, we provide them with key "stops" with rest facilities, but not every stop has a toilet hence the question how do you manage these requirements?

The 1992 regulations include the phrase "In so far as is reasonably practicable" ergo at a fixed location all provision should be available, in a temporary location / construction provision commensurate with the number of employees over the duration of the works (Site cabin through groundhog to a "welfare van").

As for travelling sales reps etc. unless your company puts them in plush motorhomes "reasonably practicable" does become motorway services, cafes and supermarkets.

Our sales team hold regular meetings at a major coffee chain which then bring reminders about IT security.

These are grown up people working without direct supervisory oversight - finding food, drink and toilets should not be too arduous a challenge.