| The south west has the highest proportion of
homeworkers: one in 11 workers there regularly work from home.
This research outlines three main issues concerning Thai women
homeworkers using ICTs:
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.
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.
That "growing" army of British
homeworkers doesn't just refer to their numbers - their waistband sizes must also be on the increase.
Broadband also ensures that interaction between
homeworkers and colleagues isn't restricted to telephone calls with the ability to use home video conferencing.
"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".
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.
The tax relief
homeworkers are allowed to claim on sums not reimbursed by their employers have changed.
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.
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.