Health and Safety for Flexible and Home Workers

Getting the business benefits

This one day course explains how to ensure that the provision made for the health and safety of staff who regularly work from home is as good as that made for office based staff. Ensuring that your staff have a safe and comfortable working environment, wherever it is, will help to reduce sickness and absenteeism, reduce costs such as healthcare, insurance premiums and compensation claims and minimise the risk of litigation. The in-house course can be tailored to use your organisation's own systems, policies and procedures, making all the information immediately relevant and applicable to the participants' own work situation.

Who should attend?

This course is valuable for anyone with responsibility for the health and safety of workers who regularly spend the majority of their working week away from the office, or whose organisation is considering introducing flexible or home working.

What skills and information will they learn?

After completing this course, participants will:

• Be aware of the definitions and legal requirements for home and flexible workers
• Understand risks specific to home workers
• Know how to adapt and implement their health and safety policy to include home and flexible workers

Course content

A comprehensive manual is provided. The key elements of the course are:

• Introduction
• Home working and the problems associated with it
• The Law
• Health and Safety Guidance
• How to carry out a risk assessment
• Best practice - workstation set-up

Course information and how to book

This one day course is offered in-house. The course costs £1,500 + VAT for up to 20 participants, a cost of £75 + VAT per head for a full course. Customisation starts from £350 per course.

If you need any further details, please call us on +44 (0)20 7240 3388 or email contact us

What did previous participants think?

"This course really gave me an insight into the problems of flexible working."

"The instructor was very helpful in giving guidance on the responsibilities of both the employer and employee."

"The course has really helped me overcome my negative attitude to home working."

"A very valuable course."

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