Analytica is an independent social and economic research company. Its director, Ursula Huws, is also an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Employment Studies. As well as being an excellent source of research documents there are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about teleworking http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/parade/hg54/telew.htm:
For the latest UK government initiatives and regulations concerning homeworkers and the employment of homeworkers use this search facility
Click Here at the www.open.gov.uk website.
Work-Life Balance has been put together by the Department of Trade and Industry and shows many examples of flexible ways of working in a changing world. Companies are quoted and these studies show not just homeworking but other flexible ways of working which employers might want to consider as a step towards homeworking.
Finding workers
- You will either be considering teleworking for your existing workers or you may be looking for new employees to work from home or else you might want just need help for occasional projects.
- Our own database of Homeworkers worldwide is no longer operating. In due course, it will be replaced by something better.
- Our own Classifieds for you to post jobs to is no longer operating. In due course, it will be replaced by something better.
- Or you could try online freelance sites such as Elance. It is free to register, search and post requests.
Sites for employers in the US:
The U. S. Office of Personnel Management is the Federal Government's human resources agency. The Telecommuting page www.opm.gov/wrkfam/telecomm/telecomm.htm has indexed the following subjects:
- Briefing Kit
- National Telecommuting Initiative
- Governmentwide Pilot Project
- Reasons For Telecommuting
- How to Reach The Office of Personnel Management
- How to Reach The General Services Administration
- Basic Parameters for Telecommuting in Federal Agencies
- Conditions for Successful Telecommuting Arrangements
- Personnel Policies and Procedures
- Steps for Implementing Telecommuting
- Telecenter Sites References
- Sample Self-certification
- Safety Checklist
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
- Sample Agreement
Conditions for Successful Telecommuting Arrangements is one of the above subjects. An excerpt offers:
"Suitability of Work. The nature of the work should be suitable for telecommuting. Work suitable for telecommuting depends on job content, rather than job title, type of appointment, or work schedule. For example, telecommuting is feasible for work that requires thinking and writing -- data analysis, reviewing grants or cases, writing decisions or reports; telephone-intensive tasks -- setting up a conference, obtaining information, following up on participants in a study; and for computer-oriented tasks -- programming, data entry, and word processing. Positions in the Government-wide project included writer/editor, scientist, investigator, psychologist, environmental engineer, budget analyst, tax examiner, and computer specialist."
U.S. Department Of Transportation ~ Federal Transit Administration has a report www.fta.dot.gov/fta/library/planning/tdmstatus/FTATELE.HTM from August 1992 which looks at the effects of teleworking on transport use. In doing this, the report looks at the current modes of transport and how pollution can be reduced as a result. It also looks at the costs of employing workers at home in comparison to the commuting costs and the costs of employment in prime office space. This report begins with an introduction to telecommuting:
"Telecommuting is an approach for reducing home-to-work trips by allowing employees to work-at-home. Employees may be linked to the work place by computer and modem, or simply may take work home requiring no computer. Telecommuting employees usually work at home one or more days per week. Related options include employees working at satellite work centers (run by single employers) or neighborhood work centers (run by multiple employers). The centers usually are equipped with computers and modems and connected to a main office."
The Gil Gordon site www.gilgordon.com/index.htm consolidates a wide variety of information from around the world, and from many different perspectives, on the subjects of telecommuting, teleworking, the virtual office, and related topics.
Finding workers
- You will either be considering teleworking for your existing workers or you may be looking for new employees to work from home or else you might want just need help for occasional projects.
- Our own database of Homeworkers worldwide is no longer operating. In due course, it will be replaced by something better.
- Our own Classifieds for you to post jobs to is no longer operating. In due course, it will be replaced by something better.
- Or you could try online freelance sites such as Elance. It is free to register, search and post requests.
More information will be added to this page to make this into a comprehensive section to encourage and help employers to move towards more flexible ways of working. If you have information you think we should include we would be pleased to hear from you at admin@homeworking.org
e-Work Awards 2003
The e-Work Awards are given annually to organisations within Europe that represent examples of best practice in the introduction, development and promotion of new working practices developing within the Information Society. Details on www.etw.org See our Events Page for a list of the 1999 and 2000 winners and a photo of the prestigious award. Caroline Tresman, the Founder and Editor of Homeworking.com, was one of the key-note speakers at the awards ceremony in Brussels in November 2000.
