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Homework, or should I really write “home-working” is a smarter way to work for an increasing number of British employees. What a pity that, as a dedicated part-time homeworker, I missed an official day off last week.
Thursday 15 May was National Work from Home Day, according to Work Wise UK. I missed it. I had to attend back-to-back school sports days. However, had I not been there to support and encourage my children, then I might have felt obliged to spend all day working from home rather than walking 500m into the village and entering the tutor2u offices.
Perhaps as a benevolent employer, I should have suggested that the office team take the day off - working from home of course. But I knew nothing of National Work from Home Day; none of the publicity material came my way.
However the Work Wise UK website is well worth a quick visit. There is some good information on there about the changing nature of the UK labour force, particularly the increasing number of staff who are actively encouraged to work from home (either full or part-time). The trend towards home-working is all part of the move towards greater flexible working patterns, and I’m generally supportive. Businesses need effective workforce planning and, if our business is anything to go by, flexible working is a positive approach to getting things done.
I was also struck by a stat on the time-consuming nature of the daily commute. The average commuter spends almost 29 working days each year travelling to work, equating to more than five years over a working life. What costly waste of time.
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