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Published September 3, 2015

Is it time for flexible working to end the nine-to-five?

If you’re an employer, you may be concerned that offering staff the chance to work from home could lead to a drop in productivity – but for many employees, the exact opposite is true and some feel the need to get away from the office to concentrate on their work.

A FlexJobs survey of over 2,600 employees found more than three-quarters (76%) of respondents get out of the office when they have to focus on important projects.

And of those who do prefer to work in the office, many would sooner work there out of the traditional nine-to-five office hours.

So is it time to end the nine-to-five?

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Published May 15, 2015

Are you working late again tonight?

Technology is meant to make our working lives a whole lot easier and, ideally, our working week shorter – British economist John Maynard Keynes predicted we’d all be working 15-hour weeks by 2030, but 15-hour days looks like it could be closer to the mark.

So if you’re one of those workaholics who never goes home on time, it’s high time you clocked off on time and got your work/life balance back in order!

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Published April 1, 2015

Can employees be trusted to work from home?

Can employees be trusted to work from home?

It’s the age old question that bugs any employer who offers, or is thinking of offering, flexible working to any of their employees.

Of course, all the evidence suggests that employees who are able to work from home and fit their job around other commitments are not only happier in their work, but more productive, and even more loyal to their employers.

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flexible working work from home

Published March 11, 2015

Balancing life in the office with working from home

Working from home has never been more popular – at the last count the number of people working remotely was some 4million and rising – and while evidence suggest remote workers are happier and more productive than their office-based contemporaries, we reckon it’s all about getting the balance right.

That’s because even if individual workers are more productive when working from home, the importance of idea generation among colleagues who work and share the same space each should never be underestimated.

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Published February 25, 2015

Watch out for work from home scams

Have you heard the one about the housewife who earns up to £75,000 a year working from home?

How about the one where you double your salary by working just ten hours a week -from home?!

What about the old classic where you can pick up £3,000 a week – while working at home?!

If so, then you’ve seen bona-fide online scams in action – and they usually appear between those ads for unfeasibly good-looking ‘local singles’ and some crazy ‘fat burning secret’ which is no doubt guaranteed to change your life.

All equally as improbable as one another and all ignored by the vast majority – however, for anyone struggling to make ends meet they look like a good option to get in some much needed extra cash.

And it’s always the most vulnerable who are preyed on the most…

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Published January 1, 2015

The top work from home jobs of 2014

Offering employees flexible hours and the chance to work from home can not only cut overheads by as much as £6,000-a-year, but can also improve staff morale and productivity – so it’s no wonder more and more companies are looking at reaping the benefits of telecommuting.

And it seems all sectors are getting on board the work-from-home bandwagon as a recent study from FlexJobs, a company specialising in finding remote and flexible working opportunites, has found it’s no longer just everyday office workers who are offered telecommuting opportunities.

So here are 2014’s top work from home jobs, ordered by sector – there’s certainly something for everyone…

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Published November 11, 2014

Third of UK jobs under threat from tech

Technology is progressing at a break-neck speed and making life a lot easier for all of us – arguably a little too easy if you consider how our cars will soon be parking themselves, while out smartphones become our PA’s – but what about when technology starts taking our jobs?

Although it sounds like the dystopian future of some science fiction novel, a study from Oxford University suggests a third of the British workforce could be replaced by machines withing the next 20 years.

And, unsurprisingly, it’s those at the lower end of the pay scale who will suffer with jobs that pay £30,000 or under around five times as likely to fall foul of tech than those that pay upwards of £100,000.

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Published June 8, 2014

The UK’s new flexible working laws

As of June 30 this year, all UK employees will have a legal right to request flexible working – including remote working, working from home, flexi-time and job sharing – in what will be one of the biggest shake-ups in employment law the UK has ever seen.

Of course, asking for flexible working is one thing, getting it can be quite another, but this new legislation means your employer has to at least consider your proposal. So put a good enough case across – think reduced overheads, increased productivity – and you could be soon be flexible working and all the benefits it brings.

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Published May 17, 2014

National work from home day – 4million and counting

So, how many of you enjoyed the relative pleasures of working from home today – it being National Work from Home Day and all?

If you did then you were in good company as figures released today by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) reveal more than 4million people now regularly work from home – a year-on-year rise of 62,000.

But some parts of the UK do more home-working than others…

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flexible working work from home

Published March 22, 2014

The best ways to keep your head in the clouds

If you work from home there’s a good chance you use some sort of cloud-based software to store, share and edit files and documents. And following Microsoft’s re-branding of SkyDrive as OneDrive, it’s clear the big-hitters are taking the cloud very seriously.

So how do the different providers measure up against each other? Let’s take a look at some of the main players in the market – Apple iCloud, Amazon CloudDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive.

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