Employers warned not to slip up on home working arrangements

WITH the unexpected snowfall this winter, employers should take extra care that they have adequate home working policies in place, warns Debbie Taylor, Director of Target HR Consultancy. “This winter’s snowfall has put compliance issues into sharp focus,” Debbie explains. “Whilst employers were sensibly advising employees to work from home rather than brave the elements in dangerous conditions, many of them didn’t have home working policies in place. “A recent case in France where an employer was successfully sued by a member of staff, who fell off a roof whilst working from home,