Naz Dossa, CEO of Peoplesafe and Chair of the BSIA Lone Worker Committee, commented:
“Now that home workers are considered as lone workers under the Health and Safety Executive’s guidance, that means that the place of work extends to an individual’s home, so as an employer, you need to ensure that this place of work is safe.”
The new guidance poses an important question around where an employer’s duty of care ends. Watch Naz’s full interview for his take on the issue.