Who is responsible for a safe workplace and at home?

Do you mind if your employer inspects your home office before so you there one day a week to work? They found that their personal car to make sure it has a rating of adequate security when used occasionally for work?

Would you worry if your manager told him a desk for your office to buy the home, which is ergonomic to replace the President and resolve an old window that presents security problems? And in case you get your car serviced and replace worn tires at work prior to use?

Working from home comes with the risk that employers must assess.

You might disagree with your employer invade your personal space and have a say in the personal effects that are used for work purposes. Do you think the state of his office and carriage house, the money for the company saved if used, one thing is for them?

Think again. The responsibility of the employer to provide a safe working environment, goes through the property of the Company. Organizations have a responsibility to place to ensure, when the work is done - what could be for a home office, car, motor vehicle or elsewhere - is safe.

You want - allow you to look your employer in your home office Photo :? Jay L. Clendenin

What's your opinion?

· Does your employer the personal protective equipment for work used to check?

· Employers should the condition of the equipment for private security work may be used to say, to improve?

I would like to see information about the number of companies in order to keep records of safety devices and equipment for the work used, but not their own.

Do you want to - to buy a more ergonomic desk working at home Photo :? The Washington Post

Or how require employees to self-report on the condition of your home office or the security classification of personal vehicles are used at work, for example.

While companies in the workplace to promote greater flexibility, I rather doubt politics have their security checks held agreements are working remotely or increased use of private cars for work and enterprise fewer cars are made available.

This issue is full of potential liability. What happens if an employee was seriously injured while working from home, in a dangerous office? Or an accident in a personal car, then let the kids on the way to a work appointment?

The businessman said he knew nothing about the height of the home-office employees and personal vehicle, so can not be blamed. There is no defense. The employer must take appropriate measures, private facilities for work were certainly used to insure.

The responsibility of the employer to provide a safe working environment, goes through the property of the Company

The confusion of work and family life security problems even more complicated. I often remember leaders who worked late into the night to catch up when school children were collected. And others who worked on the weekends, if necessary, to meet deadlines.

How can an employer if an injury was to his home in the work at home job or personal time, as it will be carried out at different times? Or if the accident in the personal vehicle was due to labor issues partly as employee calls a client over Bluetooth in the car?

suspicious companies are concerned about the too far to sink into the personal assets of the employees - and by default your personal life. They should not be. If employees want to work at home, or use your car for work, they have to accept the control of the employer on the safety of these devices. It is in society and interest.

Smart companies develop clear guidelines on the use of personal property for business purposes, communicate systems of self-reporting online staff and establish.

Most inspect the home office or personal vehicles (catching some cars), rather than the burden on the staff put information about the status of the system of private property and equipment for the work used to provide and maintain security.

Companies, of course, could be a little go further with homeworkers or on the road a lot. They were able to train employees how to. Safe to work at home or provide additional driving courses for the staff available to spend on the road several days a week

The point is that the companies are not relieved of their responsibilities if they allow security personnel, every week one or two days to work at home.

And the staff should not assume use of private property for the work, in which the costs are reimbursed by corporate profits are exempt in any way and security policy control of the company.

to find hope more companies and employees, a balance on this subject. It is not good to embrace a new era of flexibility at work if security fails.

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