Homeworking benefits
Homeworking is one of a number of flexible working practices available to staff. Homeworking has many benefits for both the Trust and for staff.
Benefits for staff
- Provides greater flexibility in working times and patterns to accommodate combining work and domestic arrangements
- Increased productivity through reduction in distractions and increased autonomy over work
- Improved well-being helping to increase motivation
- Reduction in commuting time and costs, supporting environmental considerations
- Improved working environment through being able to choose layout, lighting and temperature to suit individual preferences
Benefits for managers
- Broadens the traditional recruitment market to applicants who are more geographically remote, or who prefer to work from home
- Meets the Trust’s commitment to equal opportunities and inclusion (e.g. supporting an individual with a disability or enabling parents to return to work)
- Retention of staff who might otherwise leave for work/life balance quality reasons
- Increased productivity due to fewer interruptions, allowing for more focused work
- Reduced energy consumption and pollution from unnecessary car journeys, and reduced congestion on Trust sites