Marissa Mayer, the chief executive of Yahoo!, has expanded on her decision to cancel the company's work from home policy.

Those working from home have been advised to look into their insurance requirements to double check that they are covered for all possibilities.

Working from home can offer a number of benefits to employees and companies through efficiency and time savings. However, there are a number of environmental benefits that are also worth considering.

While some businesses are suggesting that working from home might not be for them, one consultant has stated that most companies could offer more flexibility to their employees and reap the benefits themselves.

Recent research has suggested that individuals are facing a new distraction when working from home – the temptation to shop online.

Even Royalty needs to take it easy every so often and it looks like the Queen is doing just that and working from home for the next few weeks.

The US has seen an increase in the number of people who work from home, at least part-time.

People who work from home on the odd occasion tend to find out that they miss out on better deals when it comes to travel. With busy cities increasingly seeing the benefits in homeworking,a committee report has urged Transport for London (TfL) to do something to remedy the situation.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed that a large number of people are continuing to work past retirement age, partly driven to do so by the possibility of working from home.

Yahoo has issued a ban on “remote working”, effectively stopping its staff from working from home.