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Homeworker Agreement template, UK

Contract for an employee working from home. Answer a few plain-English questions and Scorpia drafts the complete document for your situation, checks it with a second review pass, and shows you a free preview before you pay anything.

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HOMEWORKER AGREEMENT

Remote Working Addendum to Contract of Employment

THIS HOMEWORKER AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made on __________ between __________ (Company Number: __________), registered office at __________ (the "Company"), and __________ of __________ (the "Employee").

This Agreement supplements and forms part of the Employee's contract of employment dated __________ (the "Contract"). In the event of conflict, this Agreement prevails in relation to remote working arrangements.

1. HOMEWORKING ARRANGEMENT

(1.1) With effect from __________, the Employee is authorised to work from their home address at __________ (the "Home Workplace") on the following basis: __________ (e.g. full-time / __________ days per week remote, __________ days per week at __________).

(1.2) This arrangement is __________: permanent / temporary until __________ / subject to review on __________. The Company reserves the right to withdraw or vary this arrangement on __________ weeks' written notice, or immediately where there are reasonable operational, health and safety, or performance grounds.

(1.3) All other terms and conditions of the Employee's Contract of Employment continue to apply in full.

2. PLACE OF WORK AND AVAILABILITY

(2.1) The Employee's principal place of work is amended to __________ for the duration of this Agreement.

(2.2) The Employee must be available and contactable during their contracted working hours (__________) and must respond to communications from the Company within a reasonable time.

(2.3) The Employee must attend the Company's offices or such other locations as may be required by the Company on reasonable notice, including for team meetings, training, appraisals and client-facing activities.

(2.4) The Employee must notify the Company promptly of any circumstances which prevent them from working from the Home Workplace and must make alternative arrangements as required by the Company.

An excerpt from the precedent this template is built on. Your document is drafted around your answers — the blanks are filled in, and clauses you do not need are left out.

What it covers

  1. Homeworking arrangement
  2. Place of work and availability
  3. Health and safety
  4. Equipment and expenses
  5. Data security and confidentiality
  6. Monitoring
  7. Insurance
  8. Performance and review
  9. General

Questions people ask

Is this a real contract or a form to fill in?

A complete document. You answer questions in plain English and Scorpia drafts every clause to match your answers, then a second review pass checks it before you see it. Nothing is left as a blank to fill in unless you chose to leave it for later.

Which law does it follow?

The law of England and Wales by default; Scotland and Northern Ireland are available where the document type exists there. The drafting notes behind each template are kept current with UK law.

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What we’ll ask you

  • Employer
  • Employee
  • Employer registered office
  • Employee home address
  • Job title
  • Start date
  • Place of work
  • Salary
  • Hours per week
  • Core hours and availability
Plus 22 optional choices (pay dates, holiday, probation, notice) with sensible defaults if you skip them. Not sure about a detail? Leave it blank — the draft highlights it for you to fill in later.

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