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New Ways to Work 2000European Telework4.4.2.7. Telework is met with great interest by employees, but interest by establishments is somewhatmore reluctantIn addition to those already practising telework today, 59% show an interest in working from home eitheroccasionally, alternating or permanently. Since 1985 these figures have increased dramatically. 15 years agojust between 8% and 23% of the interviewees showed an interest in telework (Huws/Korte/Robinson 1990).The variations across European countries are rather small. Most countries show figures in the 60 to 70%range with Sweden leading the field with almost 90% of the labour force already teleworking or at leastinterested in doing so.Interest and Practice in Telework Overall in % of Labour Force10090© empirica807060%50403020100Sweden Netherlands Finland Ireland Denmark Italy EU10 France UK Germany Spainteleworking alreadyinterested in teleworkSource: empirica (ECATT 1999), cf. www.ecatt.comThe situation from the businesses’ point of view is not quite as clear-cut. Among establishments practisingtelework, between 55% and 83% (depending on the type of telework) show an interest in extending telework.Here, Germany is leading the field.Among businesses interest in an introduction of telework is comparatively low with a top 17% in Germanycompared to a European average of 11%. However, it needs to be borne in mind that Germany has startedfrom a rather low level of organisations already practising telework (approx. 30%) compared to countries likeSweden, Finland and Denmark which show figures of around 60% of companies already practising teleworktoday.It appears as if in the short-term telework diffusion will mainly occur as a result of company-internal diffusionand less so from additional businesses introducing telework.- 34 -
New Ways to Work 2000European TeleworkPractice and Interest in Telework (Incl. Supplementary Telework) in % of All Establishments in Europe 19998070© empirica6050% 403020100Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Netherlands Spain Sweden UK EU10practiced alreadySource: empirica (ECATT 1999), cf. www.ecatt.cominterested in introducing4.4.2.8. Barriers to teleworkIn spite of a readiness to introduce telework, European decision makers still see barriers to future diffusion.They regard data protection and data security problems as particular barriers to the introduction of telework:62% find them important or very important. Other barriers mentioned by a large share of establishments are:concerns regarding productivity and quality of work (55%), insufficient knowledge of how to plan andorganise telework as well as problems regarding management and supervision of teleworkers (54% each).Lack of employee interest plays only a minor role (37%) while possible resistance from works councils andtrade unions (25%) takes 10 th and last position.Barriers to Telework in Europe 1999 (in % of All Establishments)data security problemsproductivity/ work qualityinsufficient knowledge managersdifficulties managing teleworkerslack of pressure for changeexpensesproblems organising communicationhealth, safety, insurance, legal problemsemployees would not wantresistance from trade unions© empiricaSource: empirica (ECATT 1999), cf. www.ecatt.com0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70%- 35 -
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