A number of politicians in Scotland have called for employers north of the border to enable their staff to work from home, according to reports.

Middle managers at companies in the US are missing out on the benefits of flexible working that are increasingly becoming part of the way staff operate, according to reports.

Australia is set to experience a boom in the number of people who do their jobs from home, according to reports.

Welsh employers ought to be allowing their workforce to operate from home and with a greater degree of flexibility, it has been claimed.

Remote workers have been warned that they need to take information security more seriously if they want to ensure that their network systems are properly protected.

Businesses in the north-east of England are being advised to introduce homeworking practices as a way of limiting employee absence.

Working from home one or more days a week allows staff to recharge and return to the office with more energy, according to reports.

The drive towards having home-based workers is "gathering pace" across the UK, according to Stephen Beynon, managing director of ntl:Telewest Business.

Home-based workers need to consider ergonomic issues if they are to be fully productive and avoid aches and pains, it has been suggested.

Millions of British employees have backed the environmentally-friendly arguments for increasing the prevalence of home-based working, according to a recent study.