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Flexible Working Needn't Stretch Resources
News Practices such as telecommuting and working flexible hours have been around for decades. Other challenges stand in the way of flexible working arrangements. Given these factors, companies are becoming more flexible.
[November 15, 2004, 15:05]
Government Launches Flexible Working Drive
News The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched an initiative on Wednesday aiming to get more UK employers to embrace flexible working. Work Wise UK seeks to encourage the widespread adoption of flexible working, remote working, mobile working...
[May 4, 2006, 14:35]
Parents Win Right To Demand Flexible Working
News Parents are being encouraged back to the workplace with new legislation that will allow them to demand more flexible working hours from employers. The 'Right to apply' is part of the Government's plan to tackle the UK's long hours culture.
[January 3, 2003, 13:59]
Car Maker Turns To Unified Communications To Support Flexible Working Environment
White Papers The company wanted to strengthen its new, more flexible working environment through the use of unified communications technology, which combines telephony with computing to deliver a smoother experience for users.
[March 10, 2008, 23:00]
Business Without Boundaries - The True Meaning Of Flexible Working
White Papers This executive summary suggests how, through a holistic approach to IT systems and communications deployment, and de-perimeterisation - business without boundaries - we can at last start to realise the freedom and opportunities of true flexible...
[November 29, 2007, 23:00]
UK Failing On Flexible Working Options
News UK companies are failing to offer employees flexible and remote working options. Almost three-quarters (71 percent) of UK workers said their companies either do not offer any flexible working options at all or discourage it even if it is available...
[September 10, 2007, 12:55]
Home Computing Initiative Supports Flexible Working At SEPA
White Papers The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is the public body responsible for environmental protection in Scotland. Given the importance of computer literacy within the workforce, SEPA recognises that technology in the home can help people...
[May 24, 2006, 0:00]
Remote Working 'will Be The Death Of The Middle Manager'
News New forms of technology - such as cheap broadband and wireless - along with recent UK employment legislation have been drivers for increased flexible working. Flexible working will mean managers will have to trust their staff more and move away...
[May 24, 2005, 17:30]
Networking Survey Finds Working Long Hours Endemic
News The survey reported that remote working continued to grow over the past year with 80 percent of organisations providing remote access to their employees, as they increasingly recognised the benefits of providing employees with flexible working...
[July 3, 2002, 11:35]
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]
Government Urges Work-life Balance Improvements
News This means flexible working for most people and benefits for both staff and employers. The DTI site gives some examples of the a wide range of work-life balance options employers are developing, covering flexible working arrangements and flexible...
[May 23, 2002, 10:21]
New Law Could Boost Teleworking
News The Flexible Working (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2002, taking effect on 6 April, requires companies to consider allowing parents with young children to change the hours they work, change the times when they are required to work or to...
[March 27, 2003, 10:18]
What Is Holding Back Mobile Working?
Blog Comment That's from a paper by two American academics, Lei-da Chen and Ravi Nath, who looked into what kind of support is needed within organisations to make flexible working work. The authors make the point that getting behind flexible working calls for a...
[July 12, 2007, 12:34]
Timms: Home Workers Will Need Fibre Access
News Speaking at the 2007 Parliament and the Internet Conference in Westminster on Thursday, Timms said a growing demand for flexible working meant that the national telecommunications infrastructure needed an upgrade to fibre.
[October 19, 2007, 16:06]
IT Reduces Stress - Except For Bankers
News One of the major trends to come out of the research was the move to mobile and flexible working and half of the businesses questioned said they require some staff to work remotely either from home or in the car -- although the new ban on mobile...
[December 2, 2003, 9:20]
Council IT Staff Close In On Private Sector
News Fringe benefits and flexible ways of working are identified as important ways that local authorities can compete with the private sector. The survey shows that 94 percent offer flexible working hours, 27 percent allow selected staff to work from...
[May 24, 2004, 12:10]
Teleworking: Don't Believe The Hype
News Philpott suggested the phenomenon was not a "realistic prospect" for the majority of workers and added that flexible working would mostly come about through "developments in fairly mundane existing approaches" such as reduced hours, flexi-time and...
[September 8, 2006, 13:55]
Vista Gets A Cautious Welcome
News Effective use of flexible working is one part of that; a better understanding of the productivity issues involved in flexible working is another. It is aimed at helping the council to better understand the working practices within the borough and...
[December 1, 2006, 14:50]
Are You Working Too Hard?
News A lack of flexible working conditions has also been blamed for rising levels of stress and related illness. It also appears that the younger the person, the more hard-working they are. Seventy percent of workers claiming to suffer from stress say...
[September 2, 2002, 11:08]
Government Trails Private Sector In IT Wages
News Ninety-six percent of government organisations offer flexible working (compared with 63 percent of organisation in the financial sector) and government staff get 27.6 holiday days annually, compared to 25.3 for financial sector workers.
[February 12, 2008, 14:47]
