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homeworker

an individual who contracts with a person, for the purposes of that person's business, for the execution of work to be done in a place not under the control or management of that person.

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| The south west has the highest proportion of homeworkers: one in 11 workers there regularly work from home.

Employees working from home up 5%

This research outlines three main issues concerning Thai women homeworkers using ICTs:

Women homeworkers in Thailand's digital economy

Many homeworkers do not have the luxury of dedicated space and therefore make-do by setting up a workspace at their dining table or kitchen worktop, is not acceptable.

Are you working from home safely? COMMENT

Wales TUC analysis also finds that the number of men working from home compared with 2005 has fallen by nearly 7,500 while more than 14,000 more women have taken on homeworker roles.

More work from home INWALES

That "growing" army of British homeworkers doesn't just refer to their numbers - their waistband sizes must also be on the increase.

Siobhan McNally DIARY OF A SINGLE MUM; This homeworking really isn'thelping my naked ambitions

Broadband also ensures that interaction between homeworkers and colleagues isn't restricted to telephone calls with the ability to use home video conferencing.

Call to embrace technology as firms face flexible working legislation

"If a factory gets an order for more than they can produce with the people working in the factory they give the work to this extra group of people - "homeworkers".

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The council now benefits from free calling between internal locations, is able to provide a more reliable service with greater flexibility for employees and has been able to set up several employees as homeworkers via the new system.

Richmond Council selects Inclarity's broadband telephony solution for libraries

The tax relief homeworkers are allowed to claim on sums not reimbursed by their employers have changed.

LEGAL & FINANCE: Working from home in tax shake-up

The web-based functionality of KnowledgeWorker allows remote or homeworkers to access information as if they were in the office, at the same time providing management with a view of the quality and timeliness of work undertaken by the remote workforce, the company claims.

Datum International launches KnowledgeWorker 3.1sean@dmeurope.com

Old-fashioned home-based workers who do not use computers, the internet, or a mobile telephone come in third in Britain, Italy, Germany and Bulgaria, while personal-computer-using homeworkers are third in Israel and Norway.