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Government releases e-working report
Thursday, May 16 2002
by Andrew McLindon


The government appointed e-Work Action Forum does not know how many people are
e-working in Ireland and the information will not be available until 2003.









 



The 2001 annual report of the e-Work Action Forum remarked that the lack of
national statistics on e-working made it difficult to monitor the uptake and
incidence of e-work. However, the Forum said it would have a better idea about
the amount and type of people who are working from home due to the Central
Statistics Office agreeing to include questions relating to e-working in its
autumn Quarterly National Household Survey. 

 

The Forum's report did include the results of a survey carried out in October
2001 and released in November 2001. The survey found that between 2000 and 2001,
the proportion of Irish businesses with one or more employees e-working increased
from 10 percent to 12 percent. In addition, the number of employees in such
companies who e-work increased over the year from 4.5 employees to an average of
six employees.  

 

According to the survey, the vast majority (93 percent) of businesses who
facilitate e-work rated the experience as "very or fairly" successful with
one-third believing that e-working staff are more productive than their non
e-working colleagues.

 

The report, which was published on Thursday, details the activities and
achievements of the e-Work Action Forum. The Forum was established in November
1999 by the Minster for Science, Technology and Commerce, Noel Treacy, TD, with
the remit of encouraging the development of an e-working environment in Ireland
and to monitor this progress.

 

Among these achievements were the conclusion of negotiations with the Revenue
Commissioners, which saw the body clarify the tax position in relation to
e-working. The Forum also said that it had begun investigating options for the
provision of nationwide e-work training courses and appropriate certification. 

 

In addition, the report said that Enterprise Ireland's eWork Business Awareness
Campaign, which was intended to point out the business advantages of e-working to
companies, actually resulted in most inquiries coming from individuals. 

 

The EUR298,388 publicity campaign led to approximately 600 enquiries, according
to the report, with 60 percent of them coming from people looking for e-work
opportunities. Nearly 20 percent of the enquiries came from distribution
trades/services, followed by just over ten percent from businesses/technical
consultants, and six percent from manufacturers.

 

Minister Treacy said in a statement he was encouraged by the "very real
progress" that had been achieved by the Forum in creating "an improved
environment for e-work". 

 

The report is available on-line at the HREF="http://www.entemp.ie/e-work">Department of Enterprise's Web site.

 

 

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Government releases e-working report
Thursday, May 16 2002
by Andrew McLindon


The government appointed e-Work Action Forum does not know how many people are
e-working in Ireland and the information will not be available until 2003.









 



The 2001 annual report of the e-Work Action Forum remarked that the lack of
national statistics on e-working made it difficult to monitor the uptake and
incidence of e-work. However, the Forum said it would have a better idea about
the amount and type of people who are working from home due to the Central
Statistics Office agreeing to include questions relating to e-working in its
autumn Quarterly National Household Survey. 

 

The Forum's report did include the results of a survey carried out in October
2001 and released in November 2001. The survey found that between 2000 and 2001,
the proportion of Irish businesses with one or more employees e-working increased
from 10 percent to 12 percent. In addition, the number of employees in such
companies who e-work increased over the year from 4.5 employees to an average of
six employees.  

 

According to the survey, the vast majority (93 percent) of businesses who
facilitate e-work rated the experience as "very or fairly" successful with
one-third believing that e-working staff are more productive than their non
e-working colleagues.

 

The report, which was published on Thursday, details the activities and
achievements of the e-Work Action Forum. The Forum was established in November
1999 by the Minster for Science, Technology and Commerce, Noel Treacy, TD, with
the remit of encouraging the development of an e-working environment in Ireland
and to monitor this progress.

 

Among these achievements were the conclusion of negotiations with the Revenue
Commissioners, which saw the body clarify the tax position in relation to
e-working. The Forum also said that it had begun investigating options for the
provision of nationwide e-work training courses and appropriate certification. 

 

In addition, the report said that Enterprise Ireland's eWork Business Awareness
Campaign, which was intended to point out the business advantages of e-working to
companies, actually resulted in most inquiries coming from individuals. 

 

The EUR298,388 publicity campaign led to approximately 600 enquiries, according
to the report, with 60 percent of them coming from people looking for e-work
opportunities. Nearly 20 percent of the enquiries came from distribution
trades/services, followed by just over ten percent from businesses/technical
consultants, and six percent from manufacturers.

 

Minister Treacy said in a statement he was encouraged by the "very real
progress" that had been achieved by the Forum in creating "an improved
environment for e-work". 

 

The report is available on-line at the HREF="http://www.entemp.ie/e-work">Department of Enterprise's Web site.