Protecting Yourself When Home Working in Northern Ireland

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Protecting Yourself When Home Working Remote working offers benefits such as reduced commute times, flexible schedules, and increased productivity. However, it also brings health and safety challenges. This course addresses the risks and ensures employees understand how to protect themselves from injury and ill-health while working from home.

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Overview

Keeping Yourself Safe When Home Working Matters

There are many benefits to working from home, including reduced travel time, more flexible working patterns, and higher levels of productivity. These benefits have brought remote working to the forefront of working life, with many employees in Northern Ireland now working from home on a permanent basis. However, home working can also present a number of health and safety risks and it's important for employees to know how to protect themselves from injury and ill-health when working from home.

The Health and Safety at Work Order (NI) 1978, places certain legal duties on employers and employees to ensure a good standard of health and safety in the workplace. This includes when the employee is working from home.

What's Included

What's Included: Protecting Yourself When Home Working

The purpose of this course is to provide all employees in your organisation with an overview of how to protect their physical and mental health whilst home working. Although the employer is primarily responsible for managing health and safety, all employees have a duty to take care of their own health and safety. It is vital that employees understand their responsibilities under health and safety law.

This course is designed specifically for organisations based in Northern Ireland who have employees working from home.

Topics covered include:

The importance of health and safety when home working
Your responsibilities under health and safety law
How to protect your physical health while home working
How to protect your mental health while home working
How to work together to protect each other
Common household hazards to watch out for

Should you have a particular need to brand or tailor any of our courses to your specific requirements, that is no problem at all. We offer a full bespoke service in-house. If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to contact our eLearning Sales Manager, Debbie Wilson - debbie@legal-island.com.

Importance of Training

Understanding the Unique Health & Safety Risks when Home Working

Home working creates unique health and safety risks, from ergonomic concerns to psychological stressors. Proper training empowers employees to:

Prevent mental health challenges caused by isolation or overwork
Avoid physical injuries like repetitive strain or back pain
Minimise disruptions from illness or injuries, reducing time off work
Sustain productivity and maintain long-term career health

Understanding these risks helps build a healthier, safer workforce and reduces costs associated with absenteeism and turnover for employers.

Who needs this Protecting Yourself when Home Working training?

This course is essential for organisations with remote employees. All employees, regardless of role, need to understand how to care for their own health and safety.

Good practices in home working means a safer and healthier workforce; and consequently a more effective workforce.

Course Duration

How long does Protecting Yourself When Home Working training take?

This course will take no longer than 30 minutes to complete including an assessment. Each member of staff will receive their own personalised certificate upon successful completion.

Key Statistics

Why learn with Legal Island?

We take huge pride in the training we deliver across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Our key statistics show:

97%

of users said they found the courses beneficial for their organisation

96%

of users said they found the courses convenient and easy to use

96%

of users said their knowledge of the compliance topic area improved

96%

of users said they would recommend our eLearning courses to other organisations

750,000+

hours of training and course content delivered

200,000+

employees across the island of Ireland have now benefitted from our services

FAQs

Got a question about Protecting Yourself When Home Working?

Chances are at this stage you have a couple questions. If you can’t find your answer below, we encourage you to ask questions directly and you can call us anytime.

Who should participate in protecting yourself when home working training?

What is the duration of this course for Northern Irish employees?

When should this training be provided to all remote-working staff?

Can this course be customised?

How much does this course cost?

Is the training content tailored specifically to Northern Irish legislation and guidance?

How is the training delivered?

Is this course instructor-led or self-paced?

How can I purchase an eLearning course for my staff and get them set up?

I have a workforce across different areas of the UK and Ireland, can you provide training for all of them?

Are certificates provided at the end of the course?

Can I monitor staff activity and completion rates?

What are the benefits of Legal Island’s eLearning training for your organisation?

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