Hur kan arbetsgivarens arbetsmiljöansvar tolkas utifrån den rättsliga regleringen när arbetstagaren arbetar hemifrån?

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study is to investigate the legislation the employer has for the employee’s whom’s workplace is from home instead of the office. The topic has been chosen because it is relevant to the present business environment after the covid-19 regulations. The purpose of the study is to investigate how employers are working with the work environment in practice via interviews. This was possible by using a legal analytical method through making a selection of five different employers whose employees worked from home during the pandemic and continuously had that possibility during the working hours after the recommendations were removed. By investigating and analyzing the legal regulation, the study wants to clarify the employer’s work environment responsibilities when working remotely from home. By using the legal dogmatic method the study has been able to achieve the purpose of the essay. Through investigating and analyzing laws, regulations, proportions, public inquiries, law suits, EU regulations, articles, literature and electronic materials and therefore making a clarification about the employer responsibilities. There are regulations that prevent the employer from fully accessing certain actions to maintain the work environment for the employee’s when working from home, such as an employee's home is a private place where the employer can not confine. The result showed that the employees and the employer need a functional collaboration with good communication among themselves is necessary for the working environment from home.