Negotiating the new homeworking landscape - a guide for union reps (April 2021)

Chapter 2

The upside of homeworking

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For the employee, homeworking:

• gives more freedom to manage their own time;

• makes it easier to combine work with caring responsibilities for family;

• means there is no need to commute — saving time and money;

• allows them to work without distractions;

• is an important way for disabled people to access the labour market: around 650,000 people with a disability currently work from home (see below); and

• is a green choice. Fewer people commuting means a reduction in the number of polluting vehicles on the roads.


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