In April 2003 legislation will require most employers to give requests for flexible working "serious consideration" - especially to new parents

Far from this being considered a problem, many employers are happy to accomodate the working requirements of their valuable staff.

The companies who are most comfortable with the introduction of homeworking are the ones that are confident their working-from-home options are backed-up with a professional home-working environment for their staff -such as a company supplied Henley Office.

However some Companies are still unaware that they can provide personal office buildings to their staff ensuring employees are still in a company office despite working from home.