Boozing at home | 90% of employees admit to drinking on the job

Even when staff are remote, employers have a strict duty of care over employee mental and physical wellbeing. This means ensuring that staff aren’t compromising their health for their work, which throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been a heightened issue.

“Employers sometimes forget that their legal obligations towards employees working from home apply in a similar way to staff within the workplace,” Andrew Crudge, Associate in Employment and Immigration at law firm Trethowans, recently told HR Gr