PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF TELEWORK USE IN THE SMALL BUSINESS SECTOR OF THE WARMIA AND MAZURY REGION

Y: In this article the main attention focused on the analysis of the results of research on teleworking, taking into account the possibilities offered by this form of work for businesses and the advantages of its use in the opinion of the employees. The results show that home based teleworkers see many benefits of this form of employment. As main advantages indicated the possibility of saving the time needed to commute to work and reduced working time. At the same time the vast majority of them want to further continuity of employment in this form. Unfortunately, from the emplyer point of view the perspectives of development of telework in the surveyed enterprises are small. It consists of a number of factors of which the lack of control over the employee and complex legislation on home based telework are the most important. A majority of employers do not intend, therefore, to expand the scale of the use of telework in the future. This situation should be judged negatively because, as shown by numerous scientific studies from other research centers its use increases the effectiveness of the work, and thus contribute to improving the competitiveness of the company.