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three hours). The office environment also contains both
formal and informal meeting areas.
Typically, each employee is supplied with an IT
technology package that effectively supports key
applications and business requirements, enabling them to
carry out their work both within the office or remotely. This
could for example be an IT package that includes Skype for
Business and a ‘soft’ IT telephone within their laptop to
make and receive calls so effectively the employee is
contactable from any location.
If team members have specific health requirements, they
may have allocated areas of desks and seating that meet
health and safety standards. I have also found that many
businesses allocate ‘team areas’ ...