Working From Home Agreement

A working from home agreement template for Queensland businesses and the workers who work remotely or in a hybrid arrangement. It records where, when and how the worker works at home, the equipment supplied and who maintains it, the home workstation and home safety self-assessment, electrical safety of business equipment, check-ins, and how injuries, hazards and incidents are reported. It states the business’s duties under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for a home workplace and ends with a review date and signatures for the worker and the manager.

What Is Included In Our Working From Home Agreement?

• Parties, start date, days, hours, breaks and the approved work area at home
• Main tasks, outputs and how performance is judged
• Communication, check-in schedule and emergency contact for a worker at home alone
• Equipment register: who supplies, owns, maintains and gets it back
• Home workstation self-assessment: chair, desk, screen, lighting, ventilation and breaks
• Home safety tick list: smoke alarm, safety switch, cords, clear exits and first aid kit
• Electrical safety of business equipment, with a test and tag record
• Wellbeing: agreed hours, disconnection, isolation and domestic and family violence support
• Reporting injuries, hazards and notifiable incidents, and workers’ compensation at home
• Information security, insurance, review and ending, and signatures

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): ss 8, 16, 19, 20, 28, 35 to 39
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 55A to 55D
• Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): ss 30, 39, 55, 56; Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): ss 17, 18, 138
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): ss 32, 34, 133, 228

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word form (5 pages), A4 portrait, to fill in on screen or print
• Tick boxes and date pickers that work in Word
• Business details typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• Sign-off and document control

Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.