Telework news archives #9 Feb - Apr 2001   Want more? Find latest telework news here. Find archive map here

Feb 1: Is home Apr 23: Convenience of technology can lead to being on call 24/7

Apr 23: Telecommuting by phone

Apr 19: How to select your teleworkers' 'Net access without breaking the bank

Apr 19: Nipping telework Problems in the bud

Apr 19: American Management Services Survey: telework not expected to suffer during economic downturn

Apr 19: Survey: organizations who offer telecommuting grows from 20% to 37% over last 5 years

Apr 18: Phoning it in

Apr 18: Commuting by phone: Telecommuting offers way to avoid dreaded trips to D.C.

Apr 18: Setting up a home office

Apr 18: The pros and cons of homework

Apr 16: CTA in the news: Married to your co-worker: Telework couples face double challenges as they compete for phones, shelves or attention

Apr 13: The Telecommuter's Tool Kit. Article covers hardware, webware, resources and gadgets

Apr 13: US Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.): If more employees worked from home, roads would be less clogged

Apr 13: Canada most wired! AC Nielsen survey: 69% of Canadian households own a computer; 55% have web access

Apr 12: Telecommuting bank robbers too smart for own good

Apr 12: Spotting signs of failure in telework arrangements

Apr 11: GoAmerica Communications Corp. uses telecommuting for recuitment. CIO permits 50 developers to telecommute

Apr 11: Morale slips with layoffs. Employees worry shortened workweeks, telecommuting, job sharing etc will be scrapped as firms cut costs

Apr 10: The perils of mixing business with pleasure

Apr 10: Over half of Prudential Insurance Company's 60,000 workers work remotely

Apr 7: CIO Magazine: Remote Control...How do you captain the good ship Enterprise when so many of your crew are working remotely?

Apr 6: IT Telecommuting Brings Productivity Home: Offered by over two-thirds of IT companies

Apr 6: AT&T provides grant to University of California, Berkeley to research telework and teleconferencing

Apr 4: Cities urged to use telecommuting as one way to reduce travel demand during peak hours

Apr 4: Telework plays part in Malaysia's plan to reduce its knowledge gap and digital divide

Apr 4: New Zealand government urges energy savings of $900m a year, including reducing car trips with telework

Apr 4: CTA in the news: Informality governs most telecommuters: But working without written agreements can cause problems

Apr 4: PricewaterhouseCoopers survey: 24% of 82 large multinationals allow teleworkers to manage operations in another country instead of forcing them to relocate

Apr 3: Industrial strength telecommuting: How companies should set up telework

Mar 31: Nortel inks deals to build out E-Communities, including telecommuting workforce

Mar 30: Tele-Resentment: Overcoming colleague envy for teleworkers

Mar 30: With telecommuting, and talent spread over globe, it's hard to justify superior American wages

Mar 28: e-Work in Local Government: UK city councils councils experience new ways of working

Mar 28: Laptop not only a teleworker's power tool....It's a thief magnet

Mar 27: Telecommuting sheds novelty as more do it (see second item)

Mar 27: Telecommuting grows despite obstacles


Mar 26: Lawmaker calls for federal workforce telework czar

Mar 26: Telecommuting for university faculty & staff could help address parking and other problems

Mar 26: Precise records help realize the maximum home-office tax break

Mar 26: Home work: Efficient work area & phone system balance work & home life

Mar 26: Modern lifestyle dictates home design

Mar 26: Out of sight, out of mind? Telecommuting gets mixed reviews from execs

Mar 26: Virginia's Wolf Takes Telecommuting Campaign to Bush and His Cabinet

Mar 23: MSNBC: Wired and tired - profile of Gil Gordon's new book 'Turn it Off'

Mar 22: Is your business ready for telecommuting - Report counts 5 million telecommuters

Mar 21: Tax Abatement Bill for Telecommuters: Normally foes, Republicans, environmentalists team up

Mar 20: Bring telework in through the back door

Mar 20: Fickle storm highlights broadband's reliability

Mar 20: Employers promoting workplace flexibility may face legal pitfalls

Mar 20: Virginia Representative Pushes for Telecommuting Tax Credit

Mar 20: Networked offices save commute and air quality

Mar 19: Telecommuting takes off at Patent and Trademark Office

Mar 17: Lunch served all day: Teleworker removes pants at 11am

Mar 17: Canada's OSHA speaks about telework and telecommuting

Mar 17: Home-Based Businesses Present Special Challenges for Renters

Mar 17: Telecommuters Are Heading Back To The Office

Mar 16: Yes! Small Business Telecommuting Act to raise telecommuting awareness and encourage companies to offer telecommuting options to employees

Mar 16: Fed Gov't selects N. Virginia as one of 5 US cities for telework tax credits to reduce commuter air pollution

Mar 15: Wired and virtual workforce plans stress corporate nets

Mar 15: Is your business ready for telecommuting?

Mar 15: Wash DC Congressman, whose district features nightmarish commutes, wants to offer a $500 tax credit to entice people to telework

Mar 15: Telecommuters and their employers could get a $500 tax credit under legislation introduced in the House.

Mar 14: Virtual Work a Prominent Trend in the American Workforce: WorldCom Study

Mar 14: Dallas News: Telecommuting ought to be one aspect of our air quality improvement solution

Mar 14: Two university study -- telework reduces Montreal and Quebec rush hour traffic by 4% (in French)
Mar 13: Sitting Pretty: With more people telecommuting, corporations place emphasis on ergonomics
 
Mar 13: Secure your home office sensibly and easily

Mar 12: Six ways to connect to your telecommuters

Mar 12: Telecommuting can be either beneficial or detrimental

Mar 12: Wired workforce plans stress corporate nets

Mar 12: InfoWorld: Telecommuting environments need good policies

Mar 11: Gil Gordon: The telecommuting sky is not falling. Most problems due to sloppy implementation & ignoring "best practices"

Mar 10: EU telework guidelines set to be adopted by telecoms firms

Mar 9: Check out Gil Gordon's not new book: Turn it Off— How to unplug from the Anytime-Anywhere Office without disconnecting your Career

Mar 9: America crumbling! Society of Civil Engineers say cities need to be better planned to reduce dependence on personal vehicles ... and businesses must encourage more flexible schedules and telecommuting

Mar 8: Virtues of virtual staff: What you do matters more than where you do it!

Mar 7: Phone lines clogged by snowbound telecommuters

Mar 6: The company town: Better sit down if you're still skeptical about the huge impact of telework

Mar 6: Imaginations go to work when storm cancels jobs

Mar 6: Boston Globe - Wired workers stay on the job during snow storms etc

Mar 3: Home-based workers get social contacts on the Net -- IF not careful, they can turn into high-tech cave dwellers

Mar 3: Training To Telework - Managers and employees prep for the rigors of remote work

Mar 3: Telecommuters on the rise: Internet access is key for a predicted 40 million US telecommuters by 2004

Mar 3: How to manage and minimize telecommuting and remote access risk

Mar 2: Bush budget proposes $20 million "Access to Telework Fund", low-interest loans to help those with disabilities

Mar 1: Some Microsoft employees asked to work from home until 'quake damage assessed

Mar 1: Readers share their earthquake stories

Feb 27: Telecommuting advocate honored by Fairfax Chamber of Commerce

Feb 27: Instant messaging can burden teleworkers

Feb 27: Telework Policy Snapshot looks at Quality Publishing Services

Feb 27: Southern California Governments to Conduct Massive Travel Survey. GPS to help monitor

Feb 27: Today through next Sunday is also Telecommuter Appreciation Week

Feb 27: MacLean's: Creating flexible workplace cultures takes more than a few new rules for flextime & telecommuting

Feb 26: Fewer Wheels, Less Wheeze: Telecommuting etc effective in reducing asthma

Feb 24: Teleworking’s just the job for reducing traffic

Feb 23: Federal Government workers and their telework success stories

Feb 22: Telecommuting Receives Mixed Reviews from Executives, Survey Shows

Feb 21: It takes an e-village -- New communities to wire for telecommuting boom

Feb 20: Teleworkers: Shake that false sense of security

Feb 19: The well-wired commuter. Latest tech lets you stay in touch with business wherever you are

Feb 19: ACHOOOO! Flu & colds costs over 90 million workdays/yr. Telecommuting useful way to reduce biz loss

Feb 19: Nortel execs urge greater use of telecommuting, stock options and flexible work schedules to retain top talent

Feb 16: Loneliness on the rise at work. Technology, e-mail, telecommuting and huge workloads leave little room for socializing

Feb 14: If passed next week, Maryland's telework tax credit bill would teleworkers up to $2000 per year

Feb 12: Toshiba's Flexibility Manifesto - Guidelines for Businesses in the Wireless World (MS Word Document)

Feb 12: "Keeping up with the E-Joneses - Planning a new community around teleworking"

Feb 9: European Union adopts European Commission guidelines covering teleworking in the telecommunications sector

Feb 9: Out of Sight, Out of Mind? -- Telecommuting Receives Mixed Reviews From Executives

Feb 8: Telecommuting: A dream come true?

Feb 6: Telecommuting and media staff: Narrow-minded article explain why the two do not mix

Feb 2: Flexibility becoming even more important at work

Feb 1: President Bush to submit Congressional plan helping disabled workers stay in the workforce by telecommuting etc