Home working

• Q1. If we ask some people to telework from home, do we have to offer them a new employment contract?
• Q2. Can we require people to work from home?
• Q3. Can we cut the pay of people who work from home?
• Q4. Do we have to pay new workers, recruited to work from home, at the same rate as employees moved from our offices to work from home?
• Q5. We employ home workers on piece rates. How are we supposed to calculate whether they are paid the minimum wage?
• Q6. What protection do we have against home workers using their time and our equipment to work for other people?
• Q7. Someone who has been working from home is refusing to accept promotion because it means coming back into the office. Can we force him to come back in?
• Q8. One of our employees has asked to work at home, but we object. Can we refuse?
• Q9. We want some employees to telework, but one is refusing. Can we sack her?
• Q10. How long is it reasonable to give workers who have opted to telework the opportunity to change their minds?
• Q11. Some employees have agreed to telework. Is there any documentation we need to issue?
• Q12. Is there a time limit on issuing a revised statement of particulars?
• Q13. What are the legal implications, if we ask current employees to work from home on a self-employed basis?
• Q14. If we employ people to work from home on a freelance basis, are we likely to find ourselves paying their tax and NI?
• Q15. Who is responsible for the health and safety of employees who work from home?
• Q16. Do we have to have health and safety inspections?
• Q17. Are home workers entitled to sick pay, like other employees?
• Q18. How do we ensure that employees who work from home do not do in excess of 48 hours a week?
• Q19. Do home workers have to be permitted breaks after six hours, like people who work on our premises?
• Q20. Are we responsible for data kept at a worker's home, or accessible on a home worker's computer?