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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.


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    Remote working: five legal issues you might have missed

    by Jo Faragher 20 Oct 2015
    by Jo Faragher 20 Oct 2015

    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 Regulations

    Mobile workers’ working time: “Unworkable, illogical and open to abuse”

    by Virginia Matthews 28 Sep 2015
    by Virginia Matthews 28 Sep 2015

    Employers are just starting to get to grips with the recent ECJ ruling that travel to...

    • Case law
    • Employment law
    • Mobile workers

    Mobile workers’ journeys to and from work count as working time – ECJ ruling

    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2015
    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2015

    Journeys made by mobile workers must count as working time, the ECJ has...

    • Facilities
    • Mobile workers
    • Working from home

    Eight reasons to turn the tables on hot-desking

    by David Whincup 3 Jul 2015
    by David Whincup 3 Jul 2015

    With the use of hot-desking and the number of flexible workspaces on the rise, David Whincup, head of the London...

    • Learning & development
    • People analytics
    • HR Technology

    Three ways HR can understand the workplace of the future

    by Cath Everett 13 Mar 2015
    by Cath Everett 13 Mar 2015

    So much has been written about the workplace of the future. But beyond the holograms and space-age offices, what are...

    • Maternity
    • Paternity
    • HR practice

    Flexible working: seven ways for HR to make the business case

    by Noel O'Reilly 15 May 2014
    by Noel O'Reilly 15 May 2014

    The Children and Families Act will extend the right to request flexible working to all employees and introduce a right...

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    • Health and safety
    • Continuous professional development

    Managing the risks to lone workers

    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2013
    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2013

    Lone workers can face risks those in an office environment may not even think about. Walter Brennan explains how to...

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    • Employee relations

    Swine flu: guidance and advice for employers and HR

    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2011
    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2011

    Another outbreak of Swine flu has hit the UK, and is expected to hit employees and employers severely.  With significant rise in the...

    • HR practice
    • Mobile workers

    Mobile operators need right strategy to cope with smartphone strain

    by Personnel Today 9 Dec 2010
    by Personnel Today 9 Dec 2010

    Research just published claims to show that users of Google Android smartphones – including handsets from HTC and Samsung –...

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    Businesses urged to consider flexible working

    by Personnel Today 12 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 12 Oct 2009

    One of Europe’s leading business support organisations is urging business owners to consider introducing flexible working in a bid to...

    • Employment law
    • HR practice
    • Mobile workers

    Traffic congestion falls as unemployment rises

    by Personnel Today 7 Sep 2009
    by Personnel Today 7 Sep 2009

    Rising unemployment has led to traffic congestion falling by almost one-third in two years, the BBC has reported.The poll of 75,000...

    • HR practice
    • Mobile workers

    EDF Energy extends mobile workforce management with ClickSoftware

    by Personnel Today 15 Apr 2009
    by Personnel Today 15 Apr 2009

    ClickSoftware Technologies, the leading provider of mobile workforce management and service optimisation solutions, today announced it signed a contract with EDF Energy,...

    • HR practice
    • Mobile workers

    Wessex Water implements ClickSoftware

    by Personnel Today 19 Mar 2009
    by Personnel Today 19 Mar 2009

    ClickSoftware Technologies, the leading provider of mobile workforce management and service optimisation solutions, today announced that Wessex Water, one of the...

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    • HR practice
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working grows up

    by Peter Rabbitts 12 Feb 2009
    by Peter Rabbitts 12 Feb 2009

    Plans to extend the right to request flexible working look set to go ahead. Peter Rabbitts, knowledge adviser at  Acas...

    • Absence
    • Business performance
    • Latest News

    Commuters stranded as snow brings many workplaces to a standstill

    by Louisa Peacock 2 Feb 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 2 Feb 2009

    Thousands of commuters were left stranded today as heavy snowfall caused widespread travel delays and rail track closures.Major motorways including...

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