{"id":14353,"date":"2021-02-23T14:50:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T13:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line-ehs.co.uk\/ehs\/?p=6582"},"modified":"2022-07-07T04:43:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T02:43:30","slug":"uk-hse-guidance-to-protect-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-home-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/uk-hse-guidance-to-protect-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-home-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: HSE guidance to protect the health and wellbeing of home workers"},"content":{"rendered":"As an employer, you have the same health and safety responsibilities for home workers as for any other workers. You must manage any health and safety risks before people can work alone. Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, you must manage the risk to lone workers. Think about who will be involved and which hazards could harm those working alone. You must:\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/lone-working\/employer\/training-supervision-monitoring.htm#trainingsupervision\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/lone-working\/employer\/training-supervision-monitoring.htm#trainingsupervision\">train, supervise and monitor lone workers<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>keep in touch with them and respond to any incident<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Definition<\/strong><\/h2>\nLone workers are those who work by themselves without close or direct supervision, for example:\n<ul>\n \t<li>as delivery drivers, health workers or engineers<\/li>\n \t<li>as security staff or cleaners<\/li>\n \t<li>in warehouses or petrol stations<\/li>\n \t<li>at home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Risks to consider<\/strong><\/h2>\nRisks that particularly affect lone workers include:\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/lone-working\/employer\/violence.htm#violence\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/lone-working\/employer\/violence.htm#violence\">violence in the workplace<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/lone-working\/employer\/stress-other-factors.htm#stressmentalhealth\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/lone-working\/employer\/stress-other-factors.htm#stressmentalhealth\">stress and mental health or wellbeing<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>a person\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/lone-working\/employer\/stress-other-factors.htm#stressmentalhealth\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/lone-working\/employer\/stress-other-factors.htm#stressmentalhealth\">medical suitability<\/a>&nbsp;to work alone<\/li>\n \t<li>the workplace itself, for example if it&#8217;s in a rural or isolated area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>High-risk work<\/strong><\/h2>\nCertain high-risk work requires at least one other person. This includes work:\n<ul>\n \t<li>in a confined space, where a supervisor may need to be there, along with someone in a rescue role<\/li>\n \t<li>near exposed live electricity conductors<\/li>\n \t<li>in diving operations<\/li>\n \t<li>in vehicles carrying explosives<\/li>\n \t<li>with fumigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Working from home<\/strong><\/h2>\nYou have the same health and safety responsibilities for homeworkers and the same liability for accident or injury as for any other workers. This means you must provide supervision, education and training, as well as implementing enough control measures to protect the homeworker.\n\nFind out more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/toolbox\/workers\/home.htm\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/toolbox\/workers\/home.htm\">homeworking<\/a>.\n\nSource:\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/toolbox\/workers\/home.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=coronavirus&amp;utm_term=covid-homeworking&amp;utm_content=digest-10-feb-21\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/toolbox\/workers\/home.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=coronavirus&amp;utm_term=covid-homeworking&amp;utm_content=digest-10-feb-21\">HSE:&nbsp;Protect home workers<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an employer, you have the same health and safety responsibilities for home workers as for any other workers. 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