COVID-19: a guide to temporary homeworking for businesses

COVID-19: a guide to temporary homeworking for businesses

The government published its coronavirus action plan on 3 March 2020. As part of its phased response, action would include encouraging more homeworking where it was practical and realistic.

To help businesses adapt, our partner, Citation, has put together this guide. It outlines the key points for implementing temporary homeworking and making it work for your business.

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The guide answers some of the most commonly asked questions, including:

• I don’t know if home working is a reasonable consideration for my business – how do I decide?

• Will employees be classed as ‘homeworkers’ during this period – will home become their usual place of work?

• My employees haven’t worked from home before – what do I need to consider?

• I’m providing additional equipment for homeworking – what if it’s stolen or damaged?

• Are there any extra Health & Safety considerations for homeworking?

Citation’s coronavirus business toolkit

With daily increases of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, Citation is also putting together a wider toolkit of essential resources that can help safeguard your business against COVID-19, including:

• Guide (updated daily): the most frequently asked questions around both the Health & Safety and HR and Employment Law implications of coronavirus;

• Top tips on how to maintain the wellbeing of your employees while they work from home;

• Free hand hygiene training module for employees.

You can also get clued up on the latest changes by reading Citation’s news articles:

• Government releases initial guidance on their Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme;

• Chancellor unveils plan to back businesses with help to pay 80% of employees’ wages;

• Government releases guidance on ‘key workers’ and childcare requirements;

• PM urges businesses to ‘stand by your employees’ in daily briefing;

• Measures step once more as UK schools set to close;

• Managing risks to staff and your workplace;

• What financial relief packages did the chancellor announce are available to support businesses and the economy?

• What measures did the government announce in the budget to support businesses?

Citation’s guidance is updated daily, and you can visit citation.co.uk for all the latest information.

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