Telecommuting involves working away from the office and communicating with the employer through the use of telecommunications equipment. Telecommuters can be based at home, in satellite offices or even, due to the advances in technology, on the move. It is often misconstrued as working from a home via the Internet. Telecommuting is not only related to online commuting, but also to all work done away from the traditional office environment. Depending on the aspects of the occupation the chosen method of telecommunication is variable, some occupations utilise telephone or fax machines. The downfall of these methods is their inaccessibility to corporate information on a real time basis - a vital element of many jobs.

This is where the recent technological advances have allowed access to corporate information from remote locations. Resources are accessible to the employee without physically being on site and by communicating with other employees via telephone, e-mail, teleconferencing software (such as Microsoft NetMeeting) or using multi-functional commu

Telecommuting allows the employer to select potential employees from a wider range geographically. This allows employers to use the services of foreign workers, in many cases from developing countries. This allows the employer to pay a fraction of the wage of a United Kingdom based worker for an equally qualified individual from a country such as India. India has effectively provided efficient software solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Wal-Mart, AT&T, General Electric, Reebok, General Motors, Sony, Boeing, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, United Airlines, Philips, IBM, Reebok, British Aerospace, General Motors, and Sears are companies relying on software and data processing companies in India.

Many employers hold concerns about the amount of freedom a home-based worker may affect productivity. According to an investigation by the United Nations Trade Point Development Centre (UNTPDC), in some cases increases in productivity of up to 40% were recorded, but in a large-scale programme a 10-30% increase was the average variation from the standard worker.

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