Mobile workers
Many employers need mobile workers to carry out their business tasks, for example to sell their products and provide installation, repair and delivery services.
The management of a mobile workforce, for example a remote sales team, creates a numbers of challenges for employers around health and safety, communication and control, and working time.
As seen in the Tyco case, the working time status of travelling time for workers with no usual place of work has been particularly controversial.
How smartphones can land employers in the dock
Smartphones are encouraging employees to exceed the number of hours they are contracted to work, which in some cases could...
EU workers posted abroad to be entitled to local pay rates
Workers posted to another EU country will be entitled to the same rate of pay and working conditions as their...
Business travel, working abroad and mental health: a wake-up call
More roles now involve business travel with increasing risks and stress for employees. Julian Eyears, medical director of occupational health...
Do mobile workers have to be paid for travelling to their first job?
Travel time and on-call time are treated differently for the purposes of the national minimum wage and the working time...
Remote working: five legal issues you might have missed
More and more employees now work outside the office, whether for better work-life balance or to match the demands of...
Mobile workers’ working time: “Unworkable, illogical and open to abuse”
Employers are just starting to get to grips with the recent ECJ ruling that travel to...
Mobile workers’ journeys to and from work count as working time – ECJ ruling
Journeys made by mobile workers must count as working time, the ECJ has...
Eight reasons to turn the tables on hot-desking
With the use of hot-desking and the number of flexible workspaces on the rise, David Whincup, head of the London...
Three ways HR can understand the workplace of the future
So much has been written about the workplace of the future. But beyond the holograms and space-age offices, what are...
Flexible working: seven ways for HR to make the business case
The Children and Families Act will extend the right to request flexible working to all employees and introduce a right...
Managing the risks to lone workers
Lone workers can face risks those in an office environment may not even think about. Walter Brennan explains how to...
Swine flu: guidance and advice for employers and HR
Another outbreak of Swine flu has hit the UK, and is expected to hit employees and employers severely. With significant rise in the...
Mobile operators need right strategy to cope with smartphone strain
Research just published claims to show that users of Google Android smartphones – including handsets from HTC and Samsung –...
Businesses urged to consider flexible working
One of Europe’s leading business support organisations is urging business owners to consider introducing flexible working in a bid to...
Traffic congestion falls as unemployment rises
Rising unemployment has led to traffic congestion falling by almost one-third in two years, the BBC has reported.The poll of 75,000...
