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1	Remote working checklist Get your company ready for remote working by completing the actions in this checklist
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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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