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Category: Workforce mobility

New research has found that businesses that allow home working to be undertaken by staff will benefit from increased honesty.

Ethisphere Institute and Jones Lang LaSalle teamed up to conduct a study of more than 200 companies, of which 68 per cent admitted to allowing their employees to work from remote locations.

While a small number – 11 per cent – of home workers have been found to have broken rules, this figure is 36 per cent among office-based staff.

"You can see why someone working from home wouldn't get embroiled in some of the things that lead to trouble," explained Mark Ohringer, executive vice-president and global general counsel at Jones Lang LaSalle.

It is suggested that the responsibility of home working leads many to become more conscious of their company's security and maintain higher standards of discretion and honesty.

Mike Emmott, employee relations adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, recently told of how home working can benefit firms in a number of ways and provide a competitive edge.

Posted by Lara Ward