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Download our free checklist below to get the basics of home-health and safety right.

How far should employers go to ensure the health and safety of staff working from home? Read more here about your duties towards employees working away from the office.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has created a working from home claim shortcut to make it easier for workers who have moved to remote work.

Working from home can sometimes be challenging.

With more than four million people in Australia working remotely since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, energy costs for businesses and employees have decreased in offices and increased in people’s homes.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, companies and other organisations have been compelled to adjust their policies on working from home to adapt to the new and ever-changing COVID-19 circumstances. 

A bank employee who requested to work from home permanently for fear of contracting COVID has lost her request to permanently work from home, with the Fair Work Commission finding her application "simply unreasonable".

An employment tribunal has found that because a woman working from home was on an authorised work break when she tripped over a temporary fence outside her home office, her injuries were compensable.

Like many employers, My Business has worked hard to ensure our offices provide a fantastic place to work, whether it be super-fast wifi, stand-up desks, healthy snacks and time for employee football games. . By Tomas Haffenden Digital Strategist, My Business