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1 | Remote working checklist Get your company ready for remote working by completing the actions in this checklist | |||||
2 | To make your own, editable copy of this checklist, please go to File > Make a copy... | |||||
3 | Action | Answer | Notes | |||
4 | Feasibility | |||||
5 | Can employees do their work from home? | |||||
6 | Do employees have the tools necessary to do their job properly? | |||||
7 | Will they be given a laptop to use at home? | |||||
8 | Have they been shown how to use this equipment? | |||||
9 | Have they been told who to contact in the event of issues with the hardware? | |||||
10 | Do you have insurance to cover equipment taken out of the office? | |||||
11 | Will they be expected to use their own device? | |||||
12 | Will they need to agree to install all required software? | |||||
13 | If they leave the company, will they be expected to remove all company data and tools from their device? | |||||
14 | Do your current tools support remote working? | |||||
15 | Have you evaluated all existing tools to ensure they are appropriate for remote working? | |||||
16 | If any tools aren’t appropriate, have you researched and chosen suitable alternatives? | |||||
17 | Is all necessary software installed on the laptop/computer? | |||||
18 | Do employees have logins to the software? | |||||
19 | Do they know how to use the software? | |||||
20 | Do they know who to talk to if they run into any software issues? | |||||
21 | Do employees have internet access at home? | |||||
22 | Does this need to be of a certain standard? | |||||
23 | If you have an internal network, do employees need to be able to connect to the network at home? | |||||
24 | Have you set up a VPN? | |||||
25 | Do employees know how to access this? | |||||
26 | Do employees need to make or receive work calls at home? | |||||
27 | Is your existing phone system supported outside of the office? | |||||
28 | If not, have you chosen and set up a VoIP provider? | |||||
29 | Have employees been assigned their own extension? | |||||
30 | Do they know how to use the VoIP system? | |||||
31 | Policies | |||||
32 | Do you have minimum communication requirements? | |||||
33 | Are employees required to ‘attend’ regular online meetings or conference calls? | |||||
34 | When will these meetings take place? | |||||
35 | How will employees access the meetings? | |||||
36 | Who will lead the meetings? | |||||
37 | Outside meetings, do employees need to engage in any other regular communication to keep in touch? | |||||
38 | What are the rules around when and how employees can work remotely? | |||||
39 | How often are employees allowed to work remotely? | |||||
40 | Are there any days that remote working is not allowed? | |||||
41 | Do they have to give anyone notice that they’ll be working remotely? | |||||
42 | How much notice do they have to give? | |||||
43 | Who do they have to tell? | |||||
44 | What are the acceptable methods of communication for this? | |||||
45 | Do employees have to be based at home, or can they work remotely anywhere? | |||||
46 | What are the rules around attendance? | |||||
47 | If an employee is working remotely and is unwell, what is the procedure for dealing with this? | |||||
48 | Who do they have to tell? | |||||
49 | What are the acceptable methods of communication for this? | |||||
50 | What hours are remote employees expected to work? | |||||
51 | How will you protect the company’s assets and data? | |||||
52 | Have employees been informed of their responsibilities in terms of protecting the company’s assets and data? | |||||
53 | Will the company pay a proportion of remote workers’ utility costs? | |||||
54 | How much will they be compensated? | |||||
55 | How will this be paid? | |||||
56 | Has an official remote working policy document been drawn up? | |||||
57 | Has this been circulated and signed by all employees? | |||||
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