Health and safety rules?

[vvwustfr]

Hi there,

I am currently working as a mobile therapist and may have the chance of
renting a room which will be in a small building with solicitors/chartered accountants and the like.
Im getting to that stage where I need a room to practice in and cannot find one with a salon or medical environment so this seems like a good alternative and will hopefully create a good profesional image.
However someone has mentioned that i may not be able to do it because if i work late or at the weekend (when the other people who occupy the building are not there) then i will be breaking the law by working there alone.
Could anyone please advise if this sounds correct??? How does everyone else work??

There is a local therapist who operates her own practice which is basically a separate extension at the back of a travel agents so how does she get around this??

Any help would be much appreciated since i dont want to agree a lease on the room only to be told by health and safety that i cannot work this way.

Thanks....

Tracey D.

 

[Kimberley Kern]

I think that large companies have to have a lone workers policy but don't think this applies tou you as you would be self employed but as i am not certain you could have a look at the HSE website and maybe contact them for advice
good luck with your new venture

 

[dvdljns]

Hi Tracey

Most of the health and safety is to do with big companies who employ people, self employed people who work on their own just apply common sense and make sure we do not leave things lying about for people to fall over etc and seem to manage ok with that