Advantages

• Statutory compliance will prevent criminal prosecution in the case of injury or death on duty claims 
• Reduce costs associated with:

                  - providing conventional office space for employee’s

                  - other associated costs such as security, cleaning, maintenance

                  - hidden costs – coffee, tea, sugar, water and electricity, stationery, etc.            

• minimise employers liability 
• streamline injury on duty claims submitted to the Workmen's Compensation Fund
• could be used as a mitigating tool should termination disputes reach CCMA (Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration)
• environmental advantages, in the reduction of CO2 emission gas, due to less employee’s commuting between offices and home