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Depends on the organisation, I think that most small additional costs of working from home would be covered by reduction in commuting and normal 'at work' expenses.A genuine question as I don't know, I'm not working from home so just interested. If you do WFH are you able to claim for electricity/internet (or is mobile data supplied) office furniture if you need it, lockable cabinets if required for data protection etc? If you are self employed all tax deductable. If you have IT equipment does is it covered by your company insurance? I know people aren't then paying for travel costs etc so it's swings and roundabouts. I agree that WFH will increase drastically across some organisations is this classed as running a business from home? As I said haven't got a clue if was just a conversation with a relative.
Companies should ensure that your workspace, wherever it is, is safe. Most people have a suitable table we've had some guys pick up their special chairs, work stations have been sent home with the staff. I've heard that some companies have paid a grant to set up a home office.
We've had people ask about covering the costs of working from home and they have been given the option of returning to site, nobody has followed through yet.
It would be hard for the average employee to be able to specify which costs are directly attributable to working from home, for the low paid it could have an impact on the benefits they receive, for renters they might be breaching their tenancy and all householders would need to check with their home insurance to make sure they're covered, as long as checking their council tax/business rates liabilities.
One lady at one of our sites informed her manager that her bills were now unaffordable due to home working, initial chat revealed that her two teenage boys and furloughed husband were probably having a bigger impact than the Laptop she was using.