What is teleworking

Teleworking is the type of remote working, that relies upon information technology and telecommunications for its effectiveness.  It is used mostly by the business and financial services sector, the media industries and the public sector although there is some teleworking in virtually every industry.  With all sizes of business utilizing it, especially the very largest and the smallest as a result of  the accepted geography of  work  being changed.

Teleworkers also include those people who work at local  Telecentres, which provide local office facilities for people who prefer not to work from home but wish to avoid the cost, time and inconvenience of commuting. They may be owned by company or company may take desk space in a multi-company telecentre

A special class of Telecentres are Telecottages which play an important part in economic regeneration. Started in Scandinavia, they  provide local communities with access to skills and development, high performance ICTs, and the networking and socialisation aspects of work that may be missed by a home based worker.

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An extension of the telecottages is the televillage, where each homes computer is connected to the village network, enabling the whole community to develop towards future work and lifestyles for the networked economy.   A televillage combining rural lifestyles with excellent access to the Information Highway  is being developed near Crickhowell  (Wales)

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Benefits to employers:

Teleworking offers many benefits to employers, the biggest being that they can cut property costs dramatically yet, still have workers based near customers or suppliers without the disruption of external influences such as transport strikes or severe weather.  

Of the companies using teleworking ...

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