Kochie’s Essentials: Your obligations to staff working remotely

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With so many Australians now working from home, employers are faced with an unusual dilemma: how to safeguard the health and wellbeing of employees who are working remotely.

Even though your staff may be working from their home, that doesn’t mean you don’t have legal obligations in regards to health and safety.

Kochie explains the quandary and provides tips for what you might need to watch out for to ensure your staff are looked after.

 

Cec is a content creator, director, producer and journalist with over 20 years experience. She is the editor of Business Builders and Flying Solo, the executive producer of Kochie's Business Builders TV show on the 7 network, and the host of the Flying Solo and First Act podcasts.
She was the founding editor of Sydney street press The Brag and has worked as the editor on titles as diverse as SX, CULT, Better Pictures, Total Rock, MTV, fasterlouder, mynikonlife and Fantastic Living.
She has extensive experience working as a news journalist, covering all the issues that matter in the small business, political, health and LGBTIQ arenas. She has been a presenter for FBI radio and OutTV.

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