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 are utility companies tackling a chronic shortage of specialist skills and attracting more women to the sector? Roger Milne...
Six in 10 business travellers have little confidence that their firm would be able to help them in an emergency,...
With one-third of staff working non-standard hours, another survey points to the challenges faced by UK employers in dealing with...
Mobile learning is loved by its devotees. The question is though – is anyone using it for serious learning?One of...
Most workers enjoy business travelling despite spending more time away from home, new research has revealed.A Barclaycard Business Travel Survey...
Managing staff is hard enough, but when most of that workforce is mobile, it takes skill and technology to keep a company glued together. Here's how to build a robust network for your mobile workers.
Major players in the shipping industry are forming an HR and benchmarking club intended to produce reliable salary and compensation...
Joel Ceausu examines how corporate America is embracing teleworking
Less than half of UK organisations encourage mobile working, according to research, and the public sector is one of the worst offenders.
Traveling for business is no picnic. Lack of sleep, poor diet and no exercise coupled with long treks to the airport and even longer waits in security lines take the pleasure out of any trip
Business communications firm BT Conferencing is asking its employees to leave their cars at home on Thursday.
Business travellers spend 67.8 days every year on work trips, more than three times the amount of annual leave taken by the average UK worker, research reveals.
Sending employees to dangerous places is a necessity for some employers. Ross Bentley finds out how HR can reduce the...
Increased mobility is making it difficult for employers to track software use on portable IT equipment.
Mobile and remote workers are playing havoc with IT departments' efforts to secure systems that are vulnerable to viruses or hacking attacks, according to research.
