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Many Australians fear they might miss out on promotion at work by taking up the opportunities for teleworking from home or in a location other than their office, according to new research from Telstra.

The National Broadband Network (NBN) will likely deliver a substantial benefit to Australia’s economy, according to a newly released study which also found that the greatest economic benefits will be derived from telehealth and teleworking.

Teleworking, the established approach to flexible working where employers provide their staff the option to work routinely away from the office, including from home, remains ineffectively used by most companies in Australia, according to a member of he government-established National Telework Advisory Panel.

Two in three Australian SMEs are now embracing teleworking, according to new research just released which also shows that businesses with teleworkers also felt less pressure from common SME ‘pain points’ and had a greater chance of more sales/work than usual in their short-term pipeline.

A major study has found employees who telework on one to three days per week are the most productive.

More than half of Australia's SMEs employ one or more people who work remotely, and those that do are more likely to have seen their revenue rise.

While everybody is busy throwing up their hands in shock and horror over the seemingly draconian 20th century work from the office policy suddenly imposed on the Yahoo! corporation by chief executive Marissa Mayer, some may consider asking the question of whether perhaps she's spot on the money.

The news that Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer has initiated a no teleworking policy at the legendary dot com company has done more than just ruffle a few feathers among working mothers. It has also sent ripples of alarm through the corporate big end of town among the telecommunications community.

The sad story of the once great Internet company Yahoo! just got sadder for some after a leaked internal memo revealed that current CEO Marissa Mayer has ordered all teleworkers back to the office. Ms Mayer,  a former Google executive who took over as Yahoo! CEO in July 2012, took just two weeks off when she had a baby in October.

National Telework Week is urging Australian businesses to consider adopting more flexible working arrangements, with a new survey showing workers in major cities are losing up to 12.5 days annually travelling to and from work.

Expect to hear more about teleworking over the next month or so - November 12-16 is National Telework Week.

A recent survey of teleworkers in the US found over two thirds received no security training from their IT team and a third never backed up their data.  One of the stated aims of the NBN is to increase teleworking.  We see a problem here.

The Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy in conjunction with the AIIA is to host a telework forum to help identify how Australian businesses and government agencies can use the catalyst of the NBN to boost the teleworking rate.