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AIBU to be uncomfortable with this?

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melodypondisasuperhero · 10/10/2020 19:37

DH's workplace are planning to do Health and Safety assessments of everyone's work from home setups which of course is a very reasonable thing to do. The plan is apparently that the head of HR will go to everyone's house and physically inspect the workspace. AIBU to feel uncomfortable with this person coming into our home right now? I mainly feel like it's not a good idea given that they will be going into so many different households to perform these inspections. I know there's probably not a lot we can do about it but it just doesn't sit quite right?

My workplace are doing these assessments too, but will be doing them virtually via photos of the workspace which feels sensible to me.

OP posts:
AdoraBell · 13/10/2020 10:33

YANBU

Do what PanamaPattie suggested.

VanGoghsDog · 13/10/2020 10:41

It's clearly ridiculous.

But you don't need any specific qualification to do DSE assessment, anyone can do it, you usually do it yourself (forms on HSE website) and maybe get a colleague to check as they can see better what your set up looks like.

Very few home set ups will "comply" I would imagine. Mine certainly doesn't, but I don't want an office chair on my kitchen, nor a higher monitor on my kitchen table, so it's up to me if I am content to take the risk that brings.

He should fill in the forms on the HSE website for the workstation assessment and send them to his manager, saying he'd declines the offer of a home visit, thank you.

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