The Future of Telework

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The Future of Telework

• E-workers in the 21st century

Today we are seeing a growth in a different and
newer way of working. Described by us as
FreE-working, this growth is in the numbers of
workers who are going to use technology to work
at multiple locations outside of their central
work location. Tomorrows workers will be able to
work anywhere, and many of us will. Our bodies
will be our office we will carry our workplace
with us at all times. Increasingly workers will
be able to log-on, connect up and download from
buses, hotels, bedrooms and rural barns! Indeed,
the very notion of teleworking is fast becoming
out-dated relying as it does on an industrial age
concept of work and home as two distinct places.
This report considers the future of teleworking
and FreE-working up to 2020 in the UK, France and
Germany and examines the impacts future growth is
likely to have on our working lives, our home
lives, the wider community and the environment.
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Contents
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Introduction and methodological approach
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What is teleworking?
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Our two main definitions
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Regular home teleworkers, and FreE-workers in
the UK, France and Germany
Source Labour Force Survey/Eurobarometer/SIBIS/EM
ERGENCE/The Future Foundation 2005
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Employment in knowledge-intensive services in the
EU 25, by country
As a percentage of total employment
Source Eurostat/Labour Force Survey/nVision
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Regular home-working teleworkers, by occupational
group
Source UK Labour Force Survey/The Future
Foundation 2005
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Proportion of the total workforce who are regular
home-working teleworkers
working at home at least one day per week,
using ICTs to facilitate work
Source Labour Force Survey/Eurobarometer/SIBIS/EM
ERGENCE/The Future Foundation
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Proportion of the total workforce who are
FreE-workers, 2005-2020
who at least occasionally make use of
information and communications technology for
work-related purposes while not in a central work
location
Source Labour Force Surve/Eurobarometer/SIBIS/EME
RGENCE/The Future Foundation
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The future of broadband access
Number of households that subscribe to a
broadband internet service at home
nVision forecast - 2005 based projection
Source OFCOM/nVision Base UK
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Proportion of workers who would be interested in
trying home-based teleworking
Source SIBIS GPS-NAS/The Future Foundation 2003
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The barriers to telework
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Impact of telework
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Time use and work
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Blurring of boundaries of time, place and activity
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New style of management
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New ways of communicating
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Can teleworking revive local communities?
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Section 5. Conclusions Maximising the benefits
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