Technology such as the internet, mobile devices and high-speed remote connections means that many jobs are now routinely performed off-site.
Public sector management and workforces are working more flexibly than the private sector, both in terms of setting work policies and the communications tools they use, according to a poll of 1,000...
O2 today has launched the biggest flexible working initiative of its kind with a quarter of its UK workforce operating remotely for the day as the doors of its Slough base are shut and lights turned...
A recent report for Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles suggested that increasing the number of public-sector workers on “flexi-time”, or working from home, could save the Treasury £15 billion a...
A new independent research report from ZZA Responsive User Environments has scotched the myth that flexible working means home-working.
Where do you prefer to work? The question is as fundamental as ‘where do you want to live?’ And the answer to either will depend on the individual as well as the requirements of the job.
The number of employers taking on remote workers over the last year has soared by more than two thirds, according to a survey of 45,000 SMEs.
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With severe snowfall hitting parts of the UK, organisations are being encouraged to use technology to minimalise disruption.
Working from home has become massively popular over the last few years. Freak weather patterns, tube strikes and volcanic ash clouds have driven home the need for a mobile workforce. The desire to...
Nearly one in five workers want to work from home but are being prevented from doing so by their employer, the TUC claims.
Working nine to five is no longer the way to make a living, with employees embracing more flexible working patterns, although many are still burning the candle at both ends and putting in over 10...