Home working enables business continuity
Mon, 08 Feb 2010
Employers must make their systems accessible to staff off-site to avoid external circumstances affecting output, it has been claimed.
According to Mark Lewis, senior Europe, the Middle East, and Africa director of marketing and alliances at Riverbed, home working is an essential business continuity tool for many companies.
Situations which prevent employee access to employers systems are "naturally going to lead to decline in work productivity", he noted.
Mr Lewis was commenting on the current London Underground maintenance worker strikes, which he said could affect many companies' operations within the city.
"Organisations could look at adopting a home working contingency plan," he commented adding that the tube strikes will have "minimum impact" on enterprises that already have such a plan in place.
Workers can use technology to access applications and files remotely "as though they were in the same office building", he explained.
The current tube strikes have been called following a row over new rosters and outsourcing, it was reported last week.
According to the National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers, a second 24-hour strike has been scheduled for February 14th 2010 to follow the industrial action taken on February 5th.
Posted by Sarah Parish
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