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 Subject: Home working
1If we ask some people to telework from home, do we have to offer them a new employment contract?  
2Can we require people to work from home?  
3Can we cut the pay of people who work from home?  
4Do 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?  
5We employ home workers on piece rates. How are we supposed to calculate whether they are paid the minimum wage?  
6What protection do we have against home workers using their time and our equipment to work for other people?  
7Someone 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?  
8One of our employees has asked to work at home, but we object. Can we refuse?  
9We want some employees to telework, but one is refusing. Can we sack her?  
10How long is it reasonable to give workers who have opted to telework the opportunity to change their minds?  
11Some employees have agreed to telework. Is there any documentation we need to issue?  
12Is there a time limit on issuing a revised statement of particulars?  
13What are the legal implications, if we ask current employees to work from home on a self-employed basis?  
14If we employ people to work from home on a freelance basis, are we likely to find ourselves paying their tax and NI?  
15Who is responsible for the health and safety of employees who work from home?  
16Do we have to have health and safety inspections?  
17Are home workers entitled to sick pay, like other employees?  
18How do we ensure that employees who work from home do not do in excess of 48 hours a week?  
19Do home workers have to be permitted breaks after six hours, like people who work on our premises?  
20Are we responsible for data kept at a worker's home, or accessible on a home worker's computer?  
21If we buy and install the equipment at a home worker's home, whose insurance covers it?  
22If we get an employee to telework, do we have to cover her expenses when she travels into the office for meetings?  
23If we contribute to a home worker's extra costs (e.g. heating), what is the tax and NI position?  

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