The phenomenon of "teleworking" is unlikely ever to be practical for the majority of us and may be overshadowing other, far more effective means of improving work-life balance.
A new report by Britain's Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has found that many studies on teleworking artificially swell the numbers of such workers by including "white van men" – tradesmen and other self-employed people who happen to use a computer and telephone at home as at least part of their work.
The report's author, CIPD's chief economist Dr John Philpott, said: "Many people may have done the odd days work from home over the summer to help manage the childcare conundrum, but as the schools go back, the majority of the summer homeworkers are likely to trudge back into the office for the long haul to Christmas.
"While government ministers and opposition politicians increasingly join forces with work-life balance campaigners and IT businesses to extol the economic, social, and environmental benefits of teleworking it is important not to hype the potential for growth in this kind of flexible work pattern," he added.
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