The proliferation wireless technology has attracted the attention of many CEOs in
gaining insights into existing and emerging legal frameworks to address various
issues impacting the workforce. The main purpose of gaining such insights is to
develop enterprise's management strategies to address any potential legal challenges
arising due to ignorance from organisations' part, or address employee concerns with
respect to health and safety issues, or to improve employee well-being, or just to
avoid any expensive legal battles because these changing legal frameworks may have
a profound impact on organisations. The behaviour of the workforce has come under
scrutiny in recent months because of the increased use of various mobile devices in
order to deliver the requirements dictated by organisations. While delivering
organisational requirements, the workforce use the wireless technology to gain
mobility resulting in the removal of the distinction between private and professional
workplaces. Further, this mobility also facilitates the workforce to adapt their work
styles according to external conditions in a flexible manner. These 'flexible' aspects
have forced enterprises to support their work force with devices, tools, processes and
collaborative internal and external frameworks in order to achieve efficiency.
However, in real life environment, some of these frameworks may conflict with
domestic and international laws, union agreements and other individual employment
contracts. In the mobile domain, these issues also vary by regions, economic
conditions and cultural attitudes. This paper introduces the changing IT workforce
due to the influence of wireless technology and provides a discussion on various
issues that need to be addressed by organisations.
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