There's no place like home.........

The lines between home and work are constantly blurring. With more workers taking work home, working remotely from home, or being mobile between sites. The SOHO trend is on the rise, as it gives employees flexibility and work-life balance. Businesses also benefit from home working as they can extend the resource pool when searching for new talent, which may have been previously limited by geographical constraints. It also enables businesses to expand their scope by utilising mobile workers, without the need to increase office space.

Products from home office space need to be compact, non-intrusive, complement existing decor and fulfil storage needs.

To ensure they are making the appropriate selection for their requirements, workers looking to purchase mobile workstations, home working desks and printer storage furniture should be mindful of any products' durability aspects, assembly requirements and attractiveness.

Whether employers have remote or site based employees, their obligations remain the same and in fact, employers have the same Health & Safety responsibilities and duty of care for home workers as they do for their office based employees. Employers should carry out health and safety risk assessments at the start to ensure that any workstations being used are wholly suitable and that the equipment is fit for purpose. Items such as trailing cables should be tested, certified and maintained just as it would be in the office. Where applicable, employees should be trained to work safely and use any equipment correctly.

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