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Posted 5 years ago

There are many organisations that have started to embrace the idea of telecommuting, or more commonly referred to as working from home or ‘remote working’.

In fact, HSO predicts that by 2020 50% of the world will be working from home.

Like most things, there are many pros and cons to working from home, and it is down to an organisation to decide whether remote working would be suitable for their employees. However, there is evidence that suggests the pros outway the cons.

Telecommuting, also called telework, teleworking, working from home, mobile work, remote work, and flexible workplace, is a work arrangement in which employees do not commute or travel to a central place of work.

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So, you’d be considered a “home worker” if, quite simply, you perform day-to-day work from your home.

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