Straw plaiting was seen as home-based work for the wives and daughters of labourers from the 18th century.
"Not only are more people working at home, they are also spending longer hours at home," said Tom Miller, a consultant on trends in home-based work.
It was, in effect, the world's largest dress manufacturer, one whose vast home-based work force actually paid the company for the privilege of turning its patterns into finished garments.
Both critics and supporters of the ban describe the dispute as a first skirmish in a larger battle over the proliferation of home-based clerical work.
"The notion that it will solve work and family problems is a cruel illusion," said Dr. Christensen, who has written on home-based work.
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It was inflexibility like this that prompted Ms. Factor to begin her own home-based work in publishing.
And high gasoline and housing prices are among the factors making home-based work more attractive to job seekers, he said.
I love home-based work.
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