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Originally Posted by Buff
The ergonomics assessment reminded me of a friend's situation.
He wasn't allowed to work from home because he had to have his house assessed for health & safety reasons. He lived in an older house and the stairs from his main floor to his den in the basement weren't wide enough. Therefore he either had to setup an ergonomically sound desk in his living room or kitchen or renovate the stairs in order to work from home in a safe manner.
... since his company had to do layoffs he asked to be laid off because he refused to work in office and he refused to pay to renovate his house to be allowed to work from home. He collected SERB and found a new job a few months later. When he was later asked to go back to work at his former job he told them he found other employment because he felt like they didn't want him.
He's still working from home at his new place of employment and they didn't require him to do health & safety checks on his house. I guess they had to check many things, like the person's work area include chairs and the person's path to get into their work area, including accessibility to washrooms and water, etc. etc. A bit overreaching if you ask me.
Does anyone else working from home have to go through this process to ensure their house is a safe place to work? Seems ridiculous to me.
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A year or so ago there was a news story from Germany where a guy injured himself at home on his way from his kitchen to work area. I believe the courts found his company liable. So ya, it's the lawyers fault again.