{"id":2430,"date":"2016-01-27T17:11:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2016-01-27T17:13:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:13:22","slug":"perks-working-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/perks-working-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The perks of working from home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working from home is on the increase &#8211; as more and more employers appreciate the impact a good work\/life balance can have on morale and productivity, so more\u00a0employees are being offered flexible working.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>The rise of flexible working\u00a0in the UK<\/h2>\n<p>Statistics from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Office for\u00a0National Statistics<\/a> (ONS) highlight exactly how flexible and home working is on the rise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Of the 30.2 million people in work in January to March 2014, 4.2 million were home workers, giving a home worker rate of 13.9% of those in work. This is the highest rate since comparable records began in 1998.<\/li>\n<li>The number of home workers has grown by 1.3 million and the rate by 2.8 percentage points\u00a0since 1998<\/li>\n<li>Home workers tend to work in higher skilled roles than the rest of the population and consequently earn on average a higher hourly wage.<\/li>\n<li>Almost two-thirds of home workers were self-employed in 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Using the home for work is most prevalent within the agriculture and construction industries.<\/li>\n<li>Working from home is more prevalent among individuals who are older.<\/li>\n<li>The South West was the region\u00a0of Great Britain with the highest home working rate at 17.1%.<\/li>\n<li>The local area with the highest home working rates across England and Wales was West Somerset at 25.7% while the lowest was Kingston upon Hull at 5.2%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what exactly are the perks of working from home? 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