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Home business work equipment and workstation setup
Take steps to ensure your home workplace is safe and secure and your output and sensitive data are fully protected.
Running a business from home: checklist
What you should consider before setting up a workplace in your home.
Create a separate work area in your home
Allocate a separate part of your house as your workplace if possible, so you can keep home and work apart.
Health and safety risk assessment for home businesses
Identify possible risks in your home including fire, noise, hazardous substances, and electrical appliance safety.
Tax considerations of working from home
The tax implications of working from home including VAT, Capital Gains Tax, and business rates.
Building regulations and planning permission for home businesses
Building regulation, planning permission, and business rates considerations when running a business from your home.
Alterations to rental properties
Issues to consider before you alter your rented business premises, such as planning permission, asbestos, and liability.
Costs when renting commercial property
Financial commitments when renting business premises, including rent, bills and taxes.
Use your home as a workplace
Tax implications, financial and legal issues, security, and setting up your work area if you plan to work from home.
Common causes of stress at work
Key sources of stress at work include heavy workloads, no support, over-promotion or unrewarding roles, poor management, blame culture and bullying.
Common causes of personal stress
Non-work factors can cause stress to your employees affecting their work, such as divorce, family illness, bereavement, moving house and debt problems.
Reduce stress in your workplace
How to reduce work-related stress levels in your business - from reducing employees' workloads to giving them more autonomy and ensuring holidays are taken.
Business benefits of reducing stress
Why you need to take action on stress, to comply with the law and increase your productivity, reduce sickness absence and prevent a high staff turnover.
Workplace stress audit
Monitoring your business for potential sources of stress by carrying out a systematic stress audit using a checklist or questionnaire to consider key areas of stress.
Signs of workplace stress
How to detect symptoms of stress in individuals and groups such as poor performance, tiredness and irritability and an increase in sick leave.
Stress management training and counselling
How courses in time management and other skills, promoting healthy living and counselling services may help employees manage their stress more effectively.
How to deal with stress
Putting the systems and policies in place to deal with the growing problem of stress in the workplace and prevent sickness absence and productivity issues.
Types of PPE: hand and arm protection
Choosing protection for the arms and hands, such as gloves, cuffs and elbow protectors to protect from hazards like cuts, chemicals, infection and vibration.
Types of PPE: footwear
Choosing the right protective footwear for yourself and your employees such as safety boots, the tasks they are needed for and what to consider.
Types of PPE: clothing
Choosing protective equipment for the body and legs to protect you and your employees from risks like extreme temperature, electric shock and chemicals.