The
following links lead to other flexible working sites on the World
Wide Web. It is by no means complete.
We will be building this up as a resource over the coming months and years. We greatly
welcome suggestions for new links. Just
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(Sites do move: if you come across a "missing link" before we do please let us
know!) Link Classifications
Updated June 2008
Featured Links
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Enterprise Nation provides news, views, article s
and research about starting and running a business from
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Working Mums run a jobs-board for working parents
with an emphasis on connecting them with employers who
offer flexible working conditions |
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Work Wise UK is the national campaign to promote
smart and flexible working. |
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Equal
Employment Opportunities Trust |
The EEO
Trust provides EEO information and tools to New Zealand
employers and raises awareness of diversity issues in the
workplace |
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Free Office Finder |
A resource
for all types of office space in London and the UK.
Helping
you to locate the ideal office to rent - from serviced
offices
in London,
executive suites and light industrial spaces to managed
workshops across the UK |
Swiftwork
- Specialists in modernising work practices helping to make
organisations fit to thrive in the 21st century
HOP
Associates - Specialists in implementing new ways of
working, and research into the impacts of new technologies
on work and society
Peoplespace - Peoplespace provides a very different solution for
workspace design, offering a robust business case for
flexible working and fully integrated property strategy and
project management.
Multitime - Know where your flexible workers are with
flexible rostering software
Flexible Employment Options in Higher Education - The
FEO project is an initiative from the Higher Education
Funding Council in England involving 4 universities looking
at the effects, the benefits, the issues and best practice
in implementing flexible work in this sector.
E-Locus
-
is a "cluster" of 9 European projects whose aim is to
integrate emerging technologies with innovative office and
work-place designs, and demonstrate creative work
environments and practices.
Live/Work Network - Promoting the development of
Live/Work space - dual use accommodation specifically
designed for both business and domestic use
Manpower
- the leading provider of flexible staffing. Plenty of learning
and career development links from here as well as job
opportunities.
Turn
It Off - Website for Gil Gordon's book Turn It Off:
Controlling the Anytime Anywhere Office.
Regus Business
Centres : Flexible offices, and a website that often has
interesting news items
The Workplace Forum : A
site with many resources, some for guests, but most for subscribing members
Future Work Forum,
Henley : The forum looks at emerging working practices and
provides a focal point for people interested in the way changes in work
are impacting management and organisations
International Workplace
Studies Programme, Cornell : Good sense and a holistic view of the world from the USA.
It might shake some of your pre-conceptions too!
Gil Gordon : This is one of
the most comprehensive telework sites in the USA, from the publisher of the excellent Telecommuting
Review
Innovisions Canada: A wideranging
and interesting Canadian site with good links
Telework International
: A comprehensive Canadian site
E-Work Ireland - E-Work site from the Irish government,
with case studies, guides, research results and links
ITAC - Founded in 1993, the International Telework Association and
Council (ITAC) is a US-based non-profit organization dedicated to
advancing the growth and success of telework
Telework
Studies of US Federal Civil Service - Extensive set of teleworking
case studies - or success stories - from the Office of Personnel
Management
US Government Teleworking - Good teleworking site focusing on
government departments - with telework manual and reports on US
teleworking programmes
People
PC - company specialising in large-scale PC and online connectivity
supply, support and training programmes for employees, suppliers,
customers and other corporate stakeholders
www.flexwork.eu.com
- an EU project providing resources for small and medium-sized business
to help them introduce flexible work (telework)
Euro-Telework
- A site supported by the European Commission, containing many reports
and projects information
Crete
Telework Network - provides the necessary teleworking infrastructure
and facilities for businesses and tourists who wish to keep in touch
with their business while on holiday.
Andrew
Bibby's telework website - nominated for a European award in 2000,
has some of the best writing around on telework, (Apart from this site,
of course...!)
Hungarian
teleworking site - amongst other resources this has a good
set of European
teleworking
links
French flexible working
site Cyberworkers.com
- and check out their survey
on teleworking (in English or French)
Digital
Peninsula Network - an EU funded project to support a cluster of
teleworkers in West Cornwall
About.com
: A USA resource of telecommuting pages and reviews
Fleming Ltd Telework: Contains a very useful set of links with global coverage
European Telework Online :
Access via the UK into European Community world of telework.
Telework/Telecottage Association
: Mainly aimed at the individual / small business in the UK, but good, solid information.
Highland Telematics is a
virtual company managing over 200 teleworkers
Jack Nilles : A doyen of
telecommuting who has been around in the USA for a long time.
There are a lot of dodgy sites out there promising
$3000 dollars an hour for working at home. If they could earn
that kind of money, the only reason they will be telling you is if
they want to reel you in and raid your savings. We don't link to
these sites, or any sites that link to them.
We can't vouch for the advice on any of the sites we
link to below, but hope you can find more helpful and realistic advice
on them:
Homeworking.com
- "This site is for anyone wanting to work at home
and anyone already working at home." Contains news, advice, job opportunities
and forums for home-based workers
Smarterwork.com
- Jobs site for freelancers. Tenders are posted and you can bid
for them
SOHO
America - Small Office Home Office association for small
home-based businesses
Better Business : A
UK newsletter packed with good advice, specifically deigned for the home worker and small
businesses
Family Friendly Workplace - a useful Irish site on
Work-Life Balance, including numerous case studies and links
Age Positive - The UK Government's campaign to tackle age
discrimination and promote the business benefits of age diversity in the
workplace.
Working
Families
: Help on flexible working patterns mainly using work time options like job sharing and
addressing social issues in the UK
Employers Forum on
Age : new website for the organisation opposing ageism in the
workplace
Flexible
work practices guide for employees by the government of New South Wales (Sydney)
Family friendliness
in Australia: Well developed family friendly and other flexible working practices from
the Department of Productivity and Labour Relations in Western Australia
Gateway to Diversity
: The Government of Ontario equal opportunity website - a site for sharing ideas,
experience and resources on equal opportunities in the workplace
Millstones and Milestones: Millstones and Milestones provide
training, coaching and mentoring in life balance, work-life balance,
stress management, time management, flexible working and related areas.
Offices,
Furniture & Facilities
Worklife Centre
- Innovative company providing a very different solution for workspace
design, offering a robust business case for flexible working and fully
integrated property strategy and project management.
TOCS
Online - How much does your office cost? Not just rent and rates but
everything? Total Office Costs calculated online using latest
industry data.
Home
Working Solutions - virtual home office furniture showroom,
offering a good variety of furniture and accessories, as well as useful
health and ergonomic advice
Powerdesk -
Computing integrated into high quality furniture. Definitely worth
looking at.
Martela : First into specialised furniture
for home working, and still the widest range, hiding away the home office
Telework-FM -
Company providing high quality furniture and ergonomic solutions to
office environments and a portfolio of products specifically chosen for
corporate homeworkers.
CCO Services - all-in service for IT support to home-based workers
Polycom
- Leading suppliers of video, audio and web conferencing products
Toshiba
- Technologies for working on the move
Teamphone
- Telecommunications solution for flexible working from BT
ConferZone is the first objective e-conferencing
resource that tracks the latest technology and trends in the
marketplace
WIreless/mobile best practice - useful set of fact sheets and case
studies from the UK Department for Trade and Industry
H & S, Tax ,
Regulations etc
Ergonomics and
laptops - Products to help make laptop use comply with H&S guidance,
from Laptop Stands
Telework Guidance from DTI - Voluntary non-binding suggestions about
how telework should work, from the UK DTI, CBI, TUC and CEEP (2003).
Jargon-ridden and apparently translated from Euro-speak, if not Martian
- but contains references to relevant legislation, directives, etc.
Inland Revenue
leaflets on tax allowances
Insurance for home
workers
HSE Health
and Safety for Homeworking
Health & Safety software - Intranet or web-based health and safety
training programmes that automate many of the time-consuming aspects of
complying with regulations and contribute to improving employee welfare
Virtual
Mobility - Comprehensive website based on UK Department for
Transport research project
SUSTEL
- Case studies in sustainable telework, with a particular eye to
environmental benefits and issues
ecommute programme - US programme advocating
incentives for the greater use
of telework in meeting air quality goals, with pilots in 5 cities
Transportation Research
Board: Useful site - especially Links and Publications pages
Telecommunications
and Travel Research Program: Important list of resources from the University of
California at Davis
..And don't forget the articles in
our own Travel Substitution pages
Work Foundation reports - Many useful reports available here to
download in pdf format
Homes That Work - report for the UK Housing Corporation on Live/Work
space. Other useful reports on this page too.
The Future of Work (2000) - TUC research report saying that flexible
working is a myth. Interesting example of selective research to support
political agenda
European Commission
Information Society home page
A good overview of UK
online communities
Suggest-a-link
If you provide or know of other useful sites on the web, why not e-mail us, and we'll add them to our list.
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