Teleworking The Irish Jobs Column Teleworking Teleworking, doing your job from home or while on the move, is catching on rapidly within the vibrant Irish economy. Gruelling traffic congestion, skills shortages in high-growth sectors and a reliable communications infrastructure is enabling businesses to adopt this flexible and cost effective way of working. In the US, the number of teleworkers exceeds 40 million.
Teleworking offers significant benefits to both employers and employees.
It also has wider social benefits - for example reducing the environmental impact of car travel. The benefits of teleworking for employers are many. Teleworking results in cost savings in both office overheads and labour. It leads to improved motivation in staff as employees respond well to the signal of trust and confidence indicated by the employer's adoption of more independent work styles. The benefits for employees are also many.