| If it makes financial sense to have people working | | | | hourly rate instead of being employed |
| virtually from their home offices so that 'employers' | | | | - Allows parents and carers to work around the family |
| don't have to supply office space, computer | | | | without having to leave the home environment |
| equipment, parking space, training, travel expenses, car | | | | - Cuts down on the massively expense cost of |
| allowances and so on, then why are companies not | | | | childcare provision |
| embracing this most obvious change? | | | | - Helps create the much needed work life balance |
| It ticks all the boxes and brings countless benefits to | | | | - Allows people with disabilities to work from home - |
| 'employers' along with the knock on effect of taking | | | | especially those who have had difficulties getting work |
| more cars off the roads, relieving congestion at busy | | | | in a traditional office setting |
| periods and impacting on a company's carbon footprint. | | | | The most obvious benefit to an employer is the hourly |
| Just think about what happens to the traffic on the | | | | rate VA's charge. |
| roads when the schools are shut for half term or the | | | | The employer no longer has to worry about finding a |
| summer holidays. Does it make a difference in | | | | monthly wage, paying all the extras in NI, sick pay, |
| travelling to work in a morning? Notice a reduction in | | | | holiday pay, maternity pay and so on... |
| the amount of traffic on the roads? | | | | The employer is completely in control of how much |
| This kind of impact could be achieved and added to | | | | time they want to spend per month on getting their |
| be allowing more people to work from home on a | | | | admin tasks done. |
| virtual basis. | | | | Our biggest challenge is getting more businesses to |
| This is what it does for those people who work as | | | | embrace this working change and give Virtual |
| VA's (Virtual Assistants) from their home offices: | | | | Assistance a go! |
| - They work as self employed VA's charging an | | | | |