In news that could strengthen the case for introducing home-based working practices, a recent study has shown that stress is considered the single greatest threat to employee health among Britain’s human resource (HR) professionals.

The widespread availability of high-speed broadband internet connections in the UK is driving the trend towards working from home, according to reports.

Companies around the UK that are concerned with their environmental impact should be looking to increase the scale of their home-based workforce, a recent report has made clear.

Business process outsourcing company TeleTech has initiated a recruitment drive aimed at finding 500 home-based call centre staff in Wales, according to reports.

Graduates around the UK are keen to establish a better work-life balance for themselves as they start their professional lives, according to the people aiming to recruit them.

In news that could encourage Britons to start working from home, a recent report has shown that adults in the UK work longer hours and take less holidays than their counterparts in other European countries.

Many thousands of mothers in the US are turning to home-based working as a way to maintain a better work-life balance, according to reports.

Environmental concerns mean the majority of Australians would support incentives designed to encourage home-based working, it has been revealed.

The increase in teleworking among federal government employees in the US has led to a greater focus on network and information security issues, according to a recent study.

The benefits of enabling staff to work from home have been praised by the chief executive of computer infrastructure solutions firm Sun Microsystems.