Client co's tulip chair

[vadhert]

I would have also thought that bringing a chair in could contribute to bringing your own equipment onto a client site which could also help IR35.

[northernladuk]

I would have also thought that bringing a chair in could contribute to bringing your own equipment onto a client site which could also help IR35.

Again another fairly minor point. It would be best if you can evidence the back problem in case they just write it off as you just wanting a better chair. I'll bet permies can supply their own chairs if they really want to so not really going to make any difference around just a chair. If you have to provide your own specialist kit due to you managing your H&S properly will look a lot better than just having a Herman Miller when the permies have crap cause you can.

[dx4100]

Should be said though... The client still has to carry out a risk assessment on the equipment being used regardless who supplies it. If you or permie supplies own chair you can only do so if the client carries out a risk assessment and makes sure it conforms to all the relevant acts and agrees. A client can't just sit back and ignore people violating H&S on their site. They are involved.

No idea if you could potentially sue a client for letting you use a crap chair and causing injury. I would imagine if the risk assessment said it was an issue and they let it continue or the risk assessment wasn't done properly they could.

I would imagine it would be almost unheard of for an employee to supply their own chair.

[SueEllen]

Should be said though... The client still has to carry out a risk assessment on the equipment being used regardless who supplies it. If you or permie supplies own chair you can only do so if the client carries out a risk assessment and makes sure it conforms to all the relevant acts and agrees. A client can't just sit back and ignore people violating H&S on their site. They are involved.

No idea if you could potentially sue a client for letting you use a crap chair and causing injury. I would imagine if the risk assessment said it was an issue and they let it continue or the risk assessment wasn't done properly they could.

I would imagine it would be almost unheard of for an employee to supply their own chair.

I've been on sites where permies have brought in their own stuff like chairs and monitors.

I only asked them about the chairs because of their design.