What happens when your employer is also your landlord?

Often, equestrians will live on-site at work or in employer-provided accommodation nearby. These arrangements must be formalised to protect workers and employers.

Employers providing accommodation for employees must provide an adequate standard of living and only charge legal rent costs to employees.

This applies regardless of whether:

- Your employer takes rent out of your wages

- You pay rent to your employer after receiving your wages

- Your employer provides the accommodation as part of a package

This guide outlines what safe and legal employer-provided accommodation looks like.

Read it here.