Recommendations include improved management training and support, promotion of teleworking benefits to mainstream industry and the building of technological capacity for ICT (information and communications technology)-enabled workers.

The report also found 20 percent of employers and 24 percent of employees saw productivity gains as an important factor for driving teleworking, which some employers see as a way to improve work/life balance and increase the flexibility for family time.

Australian Computer Society (ACS) president Philip Argy said teleworking is an important step forward in addressing the work/life balance for Australian ICT workers.

Argy said the ACS Work/Life policy supports teleworking, where appropriate up to two days a week, as well as a flexible working day built around "core hours" of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

He urged the government to act on the recommendations to address skills shortages and an aging workforce.