Thinking of flexible working?

As an employer, you want to know how introducing teleworking and other flexible working practices will benefit your business. There is growing evidence that flexible working has a big role to play in increasing productivity, improving business performance and competitiveness of small and medium sized businesses, as well as work life balance.

In this section of the flexible working toolkit, you can find a summary of the advantages of flexible working. There are also recent case studies from businesses in South West England, showing how remote working and mobile working is improving personal productivity.

So you can look at the advantages of flexible working as a whole, this section also covers the other issues you will want to be aware of whilst you are thinking about the possible benefits to your business. This includes how you can use remote internet access and other technology to enable flexible working, flexible working regulations and an overview of the process of introducing teleworking and flexible working.

Technology solutions for flexible working

Employers experiences of flexible working

Overview of legal matters and flexible working regulations

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You should also consider the impact on your business carbon footprint of changing your working pattern. Not all changes will be positive. Click here for more information.