13. Teleworking

The introduction of ICT has led to a big change in the way some people work. Because of the Internet and the ability to communicate with the company network from anywhere in the world, many workers now work part time or full time from home.

Telework is not a specific job in itself, it is a method of working, which is usually taken to mean doing your job from home.

There is no legal definition of teleworking, but the essential feature is the use of information technology to enable people to work away from the office.

This could apply to people working full time or part-time at home, those dividing their time between home and the office, and mainly mobile workers who use their home as an administrative base.

Telework is growing. Over 7 million people in the UK now use IT to help them work away from the traditional office environment, either full time or part time.

It is estimated that the average person spends around 4 hours travelling to work each week. That is a lot of time sat in a car!