Employers slow to adopt virtual working in spite of its positive benefits to business

Virtual working is still not being adopted successfully by businesses, despite cost and environmental benefits.

Flexible working: Technology

The future of flexible working is here, today. David Woods browses through some of the technology already available that makes flexi-working a hard-to-resist reality.

Most employers still reluctant to let staff work remotely

Only 8% of UK businesses trust their employees to work out of the office - despite 42% of workers believing they could do a better job remotely.

Remote workers fear isolation amid bad management

Nearly half (47%) of employees who want to work flexibly fear being left isolated, and out of touch with office camaraderie, according to research by BT Business.

Staff would rather work from home

Almost two-thirds of staff (62%) would be happier and more productive if they worked from home, but three-quarters are not offered such flexibility.

Remote working on the decline

Job cut fears and the cooling economy are causing workers to shun mobile working, according to a Microsoft Windows Mobile report.

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Remote workers most inclined to visit porn sites

Remote workers are more than twice as likely as their office-bound colleagues to access porn sites using their company laptop, according to new research.

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Teleworking isnt for the extrovert or computer-illiterate

The Governments Labour Force Survey is expected to reveal that 6% of the UK working population telework. The numbers are growing year by year but, asks Laura Wilks, is working from home ever going to...

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