As part of the Government’s ‘phasing’ out of lockdown the UK Government has published its more detailed guidance to employers on the ‘lockdown release’ arrangements. Within that guidance, there are eight specific guides for different workplaces, one of which is for those working in other people’s homes.

Section 1 makes it clear that the objective of the guidance is to ensure that all employers carry out a risk assessment noting that: “As an employer, you have a legal responsibility to protect workers and others from risk t...