InnoVisions Canada Telework news archives 20

Mar 28	As many as 10% of Fortune 500 companies' employees are telecommuting. But What does it take to really make it work?
Mar 27	Gil Gordon's guide to getting along in shared offices and cubicles without tearing out your hair. The title is "Telephone Rings, Onion Rings, and Other Annoying Things"
Mar 27	Satellite Broadband Addresses Telecommuting Issues
Mar 27	Japanese white paper recommends more flexible work systems including telecommuting
Mar 27	The Drive Clean Across Texas campaign urges businesses to do their share too, including offering telecommuting options to employees
Mar 26	Can telework improve your health? Far too few teleworkers take advantage of their flexible schedules to build in an exercise regime. Jeff Zbar explores how to turn that around
Mar 26	Latest ITAC newsletter: 9/11's impact on telework; Utah wins gold for avoiding Olympic crush; Telework churn; etc
Mar 26	Can telework improve your health? Far too few teleworkers take advantage of their flexible schedules to build in an exercise regime. Jeff Zbar explores how to turn that around
Mar 26	Have DSL And Firewalls, Will Telecommute -- High-speed access and security advances give employees more options
Mar 25	After the Attacks a Lasting Change. Corporate America getting back to business as usual, but with some changes including telework
Mar 25	An astonishing legal anomaly which prevents US contract workers from telecommuting while working for the Government, is being repealed
Mar 21	While Congress and agencies await GSA telework report due in April, agencies got an idea of the report�s contents at FOSE 2002 in Washington this week. The full report will include 6 accounts of technical barriers to teleworking that agencies can expect, along with GSA�s ideas on how to overcome them
Mar 21	Janet Reno pushes job-sharing, telecommuting and family leave. "We can do so much to prepare for the future by spending time, the most precious investment of all, with our children," she says
Mar 21	Work-Life Balance in Canada - A Report to Ministers Responsible for Labour in Canada
Mar 20	Cheating the Childless: Workers without young children � who make up more than 60% of the workforce � suggest family-friendly policies (including telework) leave them with less than their fair share
Mar 19	Workers Can't Wait To Go Mobile - Study -- Get ready for the new manifesto of mobility - office workers of America unite, you have nothing to lose but your long commutes and your cubicle jungles! New study by Access Markets International Partners, a revolution is underway in the U.S. workplace. The study predicts 67 million people - more than half of the U.S. domestic workforce - will be working remotely or telecommuting by 2006
Mar 19	Be clear about objectives when planning teleworking policies -- Understand what it costs to make your workforce more flexible; will it change employees' attitude to business?
Mar 18	Work can be hazardous to your health. Improving the ergonomics in your home or small office can be healthy for you and your bottom line
Mar 18	Intel pledges additional $100-M RP investment in the Philippines. New plant to serve as a "telecommuting hub" for its workers
Mar 18	Testing One Type of Telecommuting Free of Charge. Have you wanted to telecommute and the boss said no? Well, here's a deal that might help break down the resistance
Mar 18	University of Alabama at Birmingham to study telecommuting.... Aims to unsnarl traffic, reduce air pollution and put legions of edgy cubicle dwellers in more comfortable and productive surroundings
Mar 16	Avoiding remote manager mistakes -- When Mike Wolf and his wife moved to Redmond, Wash, the network research director at In-Stat/MDR knew he'd have to sell the idea of remote management to the firm
Mar 16	Next-generation home nets could spell IT trouble -- cable TV set-top boxes could cause problems for teleworkers and network executives charged with supporting and securing corporate home offices
Mar 16	Telecommuting vs. commuting -- Gil Gordon recently drove a half-hour to get to a New Jersey airport, flew over three-fourths of the country and motored nearly two hours to get to Logan -- All so he could talk about working from home
Mar 16	Irish employers should consider more teleworking and flexible working practices for their workers says Cllr Kathleen Walsh (PD)
Mar 15	The cost of being stuck in traffic -- Report says delays caused by traffic jams and late running trains cost British business a "phenomenal" �1.9 billion a year. People spend average of 5.7 hours monthly sitting in their cars or waiting for trains when they should be working. Majority say they would willingly work from home if they could
Mar 15	Pittsburgh commuters prepare for bridge, tunnel work -- 40 employers to provide flexible schedules, telecommuting and other work options to deal with disruptions
Mar 15	Are you a GEMINI (May 21-June 20)? If so, today's astrology forecast has you doing more work at home
Mar 15	Time to revisit winter driving basics -- writer manages to work from home to avoid driving in bad weather
Mar 15	US House Committee OKs Telecommuting, establishes public-private info tech worker exchange program, and prevents federal contractors from being penalized for telecommuting
Mar 14	AT&T Telework Program Receives Keep Georgia Beautiful Award
Mar 14	We are urban, hear us roar -- 2001 Census show great majority of Canadian cities are becoming significantly more crowded..... telecommuting may eventually help make it easier for the countryside to share this mental and financial wealth, but it certainly hasn't happened on a large scale yet
Mar 13	Create a cozy, practical space for home office -- A renewed emphasis on family motivates many young parents to trade the corner office for a corner of the dining room
Mar 13	Home office: A room of one�s own -- Working at home in the Internet age can be the best job you ever had, if you follow some basic business and technology principles
Mar 13	He Works/She Works: Employees need to make the case if they want to telecommute -- Fear may be the most recent motivating factor used by interested telecommuters, but it is only the tip of the iceberg
Mar 13	Internet lets radiologists work from home -- In medicine, time can make the difference between life and death. Gary Grossman, medical director of radiology looks at CT scans and ultrasounds even when he is at home
Mar 9	The New Zealand Herald: Virtues of virtual staff... The idea of workplace flexibility is increasingly being applied to the once-solid boundaries of steel and glass high-rises. Now, it is quite possible to work in a "virtual office"
Mar 8	Out to lunch? Stick with the lettuce... For those of us who work at home, the occasional business lunch can be an opportunity to network with new contacts and develop strong, long-term business relationships. It's also an opportunity to fall flat on our faces into our oyster bisque
Mar 7	Getting Out of Gridlock. Thanks to the Highway Lobby, Now We�re Stuck in Traffic. How Do We Escape?
Mar 7	Scots urged to telework during rail strike
Mar 7	US Bill would prohibit agencies from blocking telecommuting by federal contractors
Mar 5	Sad news. Friend, colleague and CTA Exec VP, Bernard Brodie passed away on March 5 following a battle with cancer. Bernard, your kind and gentle soul was always ready to help anyone in need. My prayers are with you my friend, and you will forever be etched in my mind. Have a safe journey, and may you find eternal love and peace..... Bob Fortier, 5/3/02
Mar 5	US sabbaticals becoming somewhat outdated. Employees turning to other flexibilities such as telecommuting, job sharing, flextime or a compressed workweek
Mar 4	Telecommuters and Downtime? New telecommuter recounts challenges, seeks answers
Mar 4	US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that about one in seven workers worked at home at least once a week during 2001
Mar 4	How to create a family friendly workplace. Flex work, including telework key to retaining teachers
Mar 4	The San Joaquin Council of Governments Courting telecommuter-friendly firms. Aims to change perception that telecommuting only benefits a company's most skilled and disciplined workers
Mar 4	The internet revolution has created a new underclass of people in rural and remote areas who are being excluded from the brave new world of teleworking, virtual shopping and online public services by lack of access to technology
Mar 1	The Canadian Centre on Disability Studies has recently completed a study of best practices in the home-based employment of people with disabilities
Mar 1	Gurus and superkids. Report predicts that by 2020 more than 25% of the labour force will work entirely from home - the figure today is 2% - and 50% of us will work at home some of the time
Mar 1	Humour: Rules to live by for teleworkers going out for the occasional business lunch.... for example, a bathrobe is not proper business attire
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