New law could boost teleworking
News Employment legislation coming into effect next month could force many companies to allow their employees to work from home, potentially creating a large market for teleworking-related services such as broadband and voice over IP.
[March 27, 2003, 10:18]
Teleworking: Don't believe the hype
News While government ministers and opposition politicians increasingly join forces with work-life balance campaigners and IT businesses to extol the economic, social, and environmental benefits of teleworking it is important not to hype the potential...
[September 8, 2006, 13:55]
Government launches flexible working drive
News BT, which stands to gain if more people use teleworking technologies such as broadband, warned enterprises that they have to change their working practices to better compete with the "tiger economies" of the East.
[May 4, 2006, 14:35]
VoIP cost savings main draw for UK business
News Improving customer service and encouraging flexible working, cross-company communication and teleworking were the next most popular reasons to use IP telephony. Smaller organisations with turnover of less than £1m had an easier time than large...
[March 9, 2007, 9:18]
Companies failing to support home workers
News Research from analyst firm Gartner released this week shows that teleworking is on the rise globally thanks to the increase in broadband infrastructure and increased pressure from national and regional government on companies to offer flexible...
[September 15, 2005, 15:55]
Telewest fined over inflexible working
News The EOC spokesman said such an irony is not uncommon and that IT "is one area where we have found the greatest reluctance to consider teleworking". A Telewest employee and mother of three has been awarded compensation of £19,500 after her bosses...
[September 22, 2005, 10:25]
Self-employed leading teleworking charge
News The ONS report Labour Market Trends: October 2005 said: "[Teleworking] potentially widens opportunities for people to participate and remain in employment. Teleworking also has the potential to change working patterns and to impact on the health...
[October 6, 2005, 10:30]
Teleworking booms in Europe
News The enormous rise of the numbers of teleworking is not due to typical domestic teleworking, says the report, but instead is due to independent staff in small businesses and office workers taking work home.
[October 8, 2002, 16:19]
Teleworking 'is good for your health'
News The evidence is contained in two surveys just published that report on the stresses of office life and the benefits of teleworking. The report, Teleworking at BT -- The Environmental and Social Impacts of its Workabout Scheme, by the University of...
[October 14, 2002, 18:17]
CEOs starting to embrace IT
News Conversely, business managers' top concern is finding and retaining talented staff but 47 percent said their company does not allow remote or teleworking and less than two-fifths (38 percent) allow staff to work remotely or from home under certain...
[July 5, 2007, 8:30]
The monarchy and technology through the ages: Part one
News Then came King Richard, who perfected teleworking by spending only ten months of his ten-year reign at home. It was still in beta by 1013, when he both acquired his nickname -- the Unready -- and was deposed, thus starting a long tradition of...
[June 3, 2002, 7:32]
Are you working too hard?
News Teleworking is being heralded by many as a way to improve your working life. A lack of flexible working conditions has also been blamed for rising levels of stress and related illness. Seventy percent of workers claiming to suffer from stress say...
[September 2, 2002, 11:08]
Broadband campaigners demand more govt leadership
News In doing so, we may support real economic and social improvements such as productivity gains, educational improvements, skills enhancement, flexible teleworking and the improved delivery of public services," wrote Timms.
[April 8, 2004, 16:35]
DTI: Teleworking is good for your health
News The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has given its backing to a new initiative that aims to show how flexible working practices can reduce employee stress levels. Flexible working brings benefits to both employers and employees.
[September 2, 2003, 11:50]
