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.
More and more employees now work outside the office, whether for better work-life balance or to match the demands of...
Employers are just starting to get to grips with the recent ECJ ruling that travel to...
Journeys made by mobile workers must count as working time, the ECJ has...
With the use of hot-desking and the number of flexible workspaces on the rise, David Whincup, head of the London...
So much has been written about the workplace of the future. But beyond the holograms and space-age offices, what are...
The Children and Families Act will extend the right to request flexible working to all employees and introduce a right...
Lone workers can face risks those in an office environment may not even think about. Walter Brennan explains how to...
Another outbreak of Swine flu has hit the UK, and is expected to hit employees and employers severely. With significant rise in the...
Research just published claims to show that users of Google Android smartphones – including handsets from HTC and Samsung –...
One of Europe’s leading business support organisations is urging business owners to consider introducing flexible working in a bid to...
Rising unemployment has led to traffic congestion falling by almost one-third in two years, the BBC has reported.The poll of 75,000...
ClickSoftware Technologies, the leading provider of mobile workforce management and service optimisation solutions, today announced it signed a contract with EDF Energy,...
ClickSoftware Technologies, the leading provider of mobile workforce management and service optimisation solutions, today announced that Wessex Water, one of the...
Plans to extend the right to request flexible working look set to go ahead. Peter Rabbitts, knowledge adviser at Acas...
Thousands of commuters were left stranded today as heavy snowfall caused widespread travel delays and rail track closures.Major motorways including...
