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TELECOMMUTING

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• Bildunterschrift: Example of Telecommuting

Benefits of Teleworking for the Employee

• - No time wasted commuting
• - You can live wherever you want
• - Ideal for disabled people
• - No need to take time off to see to workmen
• - Less stress, as no getting stuck in traffic, etc..
• - You can fit work around family commitments
• - You can sometimes work your own hours
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Benefits of teleworking to the employer

• - Smaller offices are needed
• - Fewer backup staff need to be employed, such as cleaners and caretakers.
• - Staff are less likely to spend time off sick
• - Reduced office overheads, such as electricity, insurance, et.c
• - Staff may be more amenable to working flexible hours
• - Less office furniture needed, such as desks and chairs.
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Drawbacks of teleworking to employee

• - Home costs such as heating, lighting increase.
• - Employee may feel isolated
• - Some employers may pay teleworkers less as there is more competition for jobs
• - Boundary between home and work is lost
• - Other people in the house may keep disturbing you
• - May not be a quiet place in the house to work
• - Loss of status for some staff, as no plush offices, etc.
• - No workmates to go out and socialize with
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Drawbacks of teleworking to employers

• - Change to organisational structure may be needed
• - Hard to determine how hard staff are working
• - Harder for managers to manage the work
• - Increased number of sites for ICT equipment may cause more security risks
• - Employers usually pay for the employees' ICT equipment
• - More difficult to hold meetings
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Benefits of teleworking to society

• - Reduced traffic congestion as fewer people travel to work
• - Fewer greenhouse gas emissions helps reduce global warming
• - Can help sustain rural communities as people can telework
• - Prosperity is spread around the UK rather than being mainly located in the cities
• - Family relationships improve as there is more time in the home
• - Less air pollution
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Videoconferencing

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPRBUIPQBWs (Einbetten)

Benefits to the employee

• - Less stress = no delays at airports, traffic.....
• - Improved family life as less time is spent away from home
• - Not long working hours travelling to the meetings
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Benefits to the organisation