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Dec 27	Library gets $500000 state grant for state-of-the-art room in the basement of the building and will include telecommuting technology and a wireless computer network
Dec 27	According to authors of Impending Crisis: Too Many Jobs, Too Few People, 2003 will see a re-emphasis on telecommuting which will inspire substantial changes in where and how companies do business
Dec 24	Book report: What�s Happening to Home? Author Maggie Jackson writes about balancing work and home life, and about the architecture of work at home
Dec 24	Belfast Telegraph: RESEARCH by virtual network operator Sirocom has found that 30% more people than last year will be working from home over this Christmas
Dec 23	Italy wants prostitutes to work at home
Dec 23	For some companies, HQ is wherever the computer is. Teleworking from home can mean a slew of benefits, For example, some can save $4,000 a month in lease payments
Dec 23	Japan Telework Association will lay high-speed plastic optical fiber in houses and school grounds with the aim of conducting a verification test for 1Gbit/sec Ethernet network
Dec 23	UK: Financial services consultancy Oxford Actuaries and Consultants is saving GBP 1m a year because staff telework from their homes
Dec 23	As typical classroom training becomes more impractical, many 'on-the-go' professionals turn to computer-based training otherwise known as CBT
Dec 23	Millions to 'telework' from home in Ireland during holidays -- Sirocom Research study finds 30% more people will be working from home over this Christmas. ...
Dec 19	Brave Experiment by a new Irish venture to offer large employers space at the centres for workers based outside the city who otherwise face long delays in traffic to reach city centre offices
Dec 19	No growth in the numbers of people teleworking in Ireland the past year, according to a recent MRBI survey that was presented at Telework Ireland's recent annual conference in Kilkenny last month
Dec 18	John Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc says NYC's close brush with a transit strike should remind business that it needs reliable backup plans � including an always-ready telecommuting strategy � to stay in operation when disaster strikes
Dec 16	Working from home a dream come true for Malaysians? It is every employee�s dream to be able to work from home or even flexible hours instead of the usual nine to five job at the office
Dec 16	US Federal Panel to consider a negotiation impasse between patent examiners and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over a teleworking program that was suspended in June
Dec 16	Some 45,000 US federal government telecommuters work at least a portion of the time away from their traditional office location, either from home or a special "telecenter" worksite
Dec 13	NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg recommends telecommuting or staggered work hours to alleviate the rush hour strain during transit strike
Dec 12	40% of AT&T's managers are teleworkers, but because of union difficulties, regular employees have been unable to telework. However big changes are coming -- AT&T announces the expansion of its well-established telework program beyond its managers and exempt employees
Dec 12	IBM, Deloitte & Touche etc prepare for transit strike with telecommuting
Dec 11	Telework thrives at US Trademark Office. Agency is rewarded with happy employees and dramatic savings. Program includes 108 of the 250 attorneys who telework
Dec 11	Just say "yes" to smart alternatives such as cheap broadband to make teleschooling, telecommuting and teleshopping preferable to the gas hog
Dec 11	Just me and my fuzzy slippers. WE DO KNOW that telecommuting is all the rage, do we not? Contrary to popular opinion, say surveys, telecommuters work harder than other workers, are not influenced by the presence of the refrigerator and can spend more time with their families because of their short commutes
Dec 9	Here's a switch. Most of us are pretty reliant on the telephone nowadays, but if you work from home in a rural area, the dependency is almost total
Dec 9	Telework columnist Jeff Zbar writes about how Dow Chemical sheds a slew of offices by turning its sales force into a virtual team Bad weather is a good opportunity to test your telecommuting capabilities
Dec 9	Bad weather is a good opportunity to test your telecommuting capabilities
Dec 9	Working From Home Gains Converts - Governments Warming To Telecommuting Option
Dec 5	City of Pleasanton, and other small California organizations recognized by the U.S. EPA as doing a good job helping workers find alternatives to driving to work alone. To make the list, employers had to offer to help workers pay for public transit or van pools or offer a telecommuting program
Dec 4	Teleworking pays off at BT. Telco claims happier staff and savings of �35m a year. Allowing staff to work from home is good for company productivity, employee health and quality of life, according to research conducted among almost 2,000 teleworkers at BT
Dec 4	Sprint PCS employees must give up office space to telework
Dec 4	Georgia's Gov.-elect Sonny Perdue may run into roadblocks on the way to convincing more businesses to use telecommuting to reduce traffic congestion (make sure to read the last part)
Dec 3	Canadian Federal Government survey reports that 5% or 10,000 of its employees telework. Treasury Board President says more could be done
Dec 3	Workplace wellness checklist from the Wellness Council of America includes telecommuting
Dec 2	Executives be forewarned: Failure to provide a flexible work environment where women thrive could be more than just a costly mistake for your companies
Dec 2	Out of a jam: Heralded as the workplace of the future, telecommuting is thriving today and saving companies millions
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