Generally home-based employment
is not suitable for jobs that:
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- Require a high degree of
supervision or close scrutiny
- Require direct face to
face contact with other staff, students or public relations
- Do not lend themselves to
objective performance monitoring
- Require the occupant to be
a member of a team with regular face to face contact on a daily basis with
other team members.
A checklist of issues for
employers & workers to consider:
1. Establish whether the duties are suitable for work from home
Some jobs can be done safely by a person working from home. Some jobs can only
be done safely by using special equipment or by following working procedures
which are not appropriate for home based work.
2. Establish that
the proposed working environment is healthy and safe
3. Establish that the person who will be working from home has the information
and training necessary to do the work safely
4. Establish agreed
hours of work and communication procedures
Establish the days and hours on which work from home can be done and agree on
procedures for recording work hours, including actual starting and finishing
times, which is important for compensation purposes.
5. Other
considerations
Other issues that may need to be considered when introducing work from home
arrangements include enterprise arrangements include enterprise agreement or
industrial award provisions, tax, mortgage and/or lease arrangements. |
