Telework review

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Telework review
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Outline

• History of telework
• Current state of play
• Australian Telework Advisory Committee
• Benefits
• Barriers
• Issues
• Next steps

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History

• Telework has been around a long time
• Uptake has increased over past 10 years
• New interest in telework
• Ageing workforce
• Family/work balance
• Environmental
• Technology

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State-of-play overall take-up

• The numbers
• In 2000, an estimated 1 million workers (or 11
  per cent of workers in Australia) regularly
  worked from home (ABS)
• In 2003, an estimated 2.4 million employed
  persons (25 per cent of employed persons) worked
  any hours from home, including 1.4 million
  employees (HILDA)
• Prediction of 3.4 million Australians teleworking
  by 2008.

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Australian Telework Advisory Committee

• Election Commitment
• Membership government and industry
• First meeting 31 March 2005
• Terms of Reference
• Submission process
• Research

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Definition

• Worker not working at traditional workplace
• Using information and communication technology
• Part of the Australian economy
• Paid employment
• Formal/informal, full-time, part-time or casual
• Voluntary or compulsory.

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Benefits

• Increased productivity and savings for businesses
  
• Work-life balance
• Economic opportunities for regional industry
• Reduced traffic and environmental pollution
• Ongoing when natural disaster strikes
• Improved opportunities for target groups

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Barriers

• IT costs and access
• Culture of organisation
• Managing style
• Security and privacy
• Occupational health and safety

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Issues

• What are the crucial issues?
• What, if anything, should government do?
• Develop a National Telework Strategy
• Promotion and training
• Annual reporting of teleworking use in public and
  private sector

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Next steps

• Submission process end of May
• Evidence gathering case studies, research
• ATAC to identify issues
• ATAC to report back to government by February
  2006

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Contact us

• 1-800 267 837
• telework_at_dcita.gov.au
• www.dcita.gov.au
• www.workplace.gov.au/WorkFamily