| Governments,
local authorities and other public agencies involve themselves
in new ways of working both as employers and as policy makers. The
links below feature
- examples of best practice
employment policies which governmental bodies should seek to
promote
- features on how of new ways of
working and service delivery can help to promote policy
objectives such as regeneration and transport substitution
- articles linking ICT to important areas
of public policy
How father-friendly is your company?
New men, old workplaces. That's more or less the conclusion of a new
study from the Work Foundation. Work-life balance is a man issue too.
Plenty of policy issues in here too.
Agency
Workers' Directive
A new European Directive on agency workers could cost the UK over
160,000 temporary assignments, say the CBI
The nature and
pattern of family-friendly employment
Who is introducing
family-friendly working practices, and why? What sort of practices do
they favour? And do they bring any business benefits? A new
study from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation comes up with some
answers - and suggestions about how the government could do more.. Progress
report on e-government
April saw the publication by the National Audit Office of some
hard-hitting reports on the progress – or lack of it – of
e-government initiatives in the UK. We analyse the fairness of the
criticisms, and point to some issues the NAO doesn’t address.
Changing the way government
works
...or more precisely, the way people employed by government
organisations work. We examine the unique features and drivers for
flexible work in this sector, and highlight the importance of
flexible work for policy and service delivery.
Information Age planning
Everyone keeps telling us that the world is changing with the
"death of distance" in the Information Age. This may have profound
consequences for land use and transport planners. We look at what
is actually known, and what the future spatial and transport
consequences may be of increased use of ICT for work, shopping,
online services and play. Though some things are not yet clear, we
highlight the areas where we know enough to challenge traditional
approaches to planning.
Community development
and ICT
The UK government is investing heavily in projects developing ICT
access, facilities and services for communities. We ask "What
for?", look at different ways of going about it, make some
suggestions for achieving value for money, and highlight some
resources for further information. The
future of flexible staffing
This interview with Iain Herbertson, MD of Manpower, highlights the role
that flexible staffing and outsourcing are playing both in making government
more cost-effective, and creating jobs in disadvantaged areas.
The
aging society - a flexible approach
We look at the issues facing an increasingly aging society, and how a
flexible approach to workforce participation may hold part of the answer.
Online
tool to assess your space needs
Got too many offices? Or too many under-used desks? Or peaks and troughs of demand
for space which are hard to cope with? This space audit tool should help you
with planning your space requirements.
12
ways to screw up a flexible work project
There are numerous flexible working projects in the public sector - but are
they all going well? You may recognise some of the common pitfalls exposed
in this humorous article.
Flexible work central
to work-life balance
Government and trades unions now agree that flexible work is a key factor
in achieving work-life balance. This conference outlined the issues.
Study on Live-Work
space
Report from the Joseph
Rowntree Foundation on the implications of developing combined
living and working space
Tackling the Digital Divide
What is it? What is being done to bridge it at the moment? And what should
government agencies and businesses be doing about it?
Putting the
"e-" into local government
We report from a conference, held in Birmingham in February,
covering e-services, e-work, e-learning and (here's a new one!) e-inclusion.
Series of linked articles.
Using
ICT to promote regeneration
A Flexibility guide to how the new information and communications
technologies can be - and are being - used to promote urban and rural
regeneration.
Employability
and access to Opportunity
A Flexibility briefing paper on how new ways of working
can enable work work to be distributed more fairly and
help people back into work
Achieving
Work-Life Balance
A series of pages examines how flexible work options can
contribute to a better balance between work and the rest of
life.
Travel
substitution: what we know and what we don't
An overview of recent research on whether remote working
can reduce traffic
Telecommuting
for Dublin
Report on a study into telework/trip reduction in the
Dublin area
Telework
and Local Authorities
What's local councils are doing, what they could be
doing and what they should be doing
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