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Disclaimer Most
of these items come from 3rd parties and are
provided for information only. We don't necessarily agree with
all of them and they are NOT intended as a substitute for
professional advice (we, or your own telework advisor can do
that for you). We do our best to ensure accuracy, there may be
some 'dead' links — we have no control over changes made by
outside websites
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Oct
31
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New
England Transportation Coalition Announces 1st Annual List Of
Best Workplaces For Commuters; More than 80 Employers
Recognized for Offering Outstanding Commuter Benefits
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Oct
31
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BT
survey: UK finance sector ignores flexible working. 50% of
respondents said they could carry out at least a quarter of
their work from home. Workers blame lack of technical
provision and management backing
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Oct
31
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Create
security policies to address telecommuting trouble spots: Most
of the problems related to telecommuting can be solved by
thinking through the ramifications of telecommuting before you
put a program in place and establishing clear policies to
address them
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Oct
31
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22
reasons to telework/telecommute: Telework is no longer a perk,
it has become an IT paradim. Organizations being built around
the network, not the building
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Oct
30
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Arizona.
Due to smoke from California fires, motorists are asked
to reduce driving by carpooling, telecommuting or taking the
bus. emphysema, are advised to limit their outdoor exposure.
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Oct
30
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UK
finance sector ignores flexible working. Inadequate technology
and management intransigence are holding back adoption of
flexible working for the 500,000 employees in the UK financial
services sector, claims research
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Oct
30
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Making
life better for Malaysia's disabled. Technology dramatically
changes way of life for disabled
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Oct
29
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Phil
Montero of YouCanWorkFromAnywhere.com has developed a
series of 2-Minute Tip eBooks which focus on various mobile
work topics. While they are already reasonably
priced, Phil offers InnoVisions Canada visitors a special 20%
discount until the end of November. Click here for details
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Oct
29
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America's
stay-at-home executives. After terrorism, tensions over Iraq,
SARS and kidnappings in South America, US companies have tough
time convincing employees to travel overseas, let alone take a
foreign posting. Increased use of international telecommuting
part of solution
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Oct
28
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Flex
time, job-sharing, compressed workweeks and telecommuting
options used by companies to help employees with elder care
responsibilities. There are payoffs
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Oct
28
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Work/life
balance mantra still out there, waiting, as we all are, for
better times to return. Managers worried about keeping their
best people once the economy rebounds. Survey offers up some
solid data about the most desired (nonmonetary) perks. Topping
the list are additional time off, telecommuting, comp time
& flexible scheduling
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Oct
27
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New
York Times: How to Make Your Telecommute Work. For example, be
certain your employer is behind the idea. If your boss expects
you to fail at this, you will, giving him the chance to say
"I told you so"
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Oct
27
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Working
life: The work/life balance is no longer seen as solely a
human resources issues, but as the human resources issue --
and a paramount concern for corporate leaders, academics and
policy-makers
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Oct
27
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Steering
Employers Toward Telework good for business
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Oct
27
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Study
says companies cutting back on "work/life" programs
offered in prosperous 1990s. Benefits probably will rebound as
the economy recovers and employers reassess matters (note:
overall number of people working in such programs may still be
increasing)
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Oct
24
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Montana
telecommute plan will save the state money |
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Oct
22
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Home
workers promoted -- During the course of a working life, the
average worker spends two whole years just travelling to and
from work. Just think what else you could be doing with that
time
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Oct
22
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Editorial:
Working really far away: Eyebrows were rising among state
employees and others last week in response to an Lee State
Bureau story about a really long telecommute
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Oct
22
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Yale,
People's Bank among best workplaces for commuters and
telecommuters
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Oct
22
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Global
Survey Predicts Upsurge in Telework - Business will see a
major growth in teleworking over the next two years according
to a new AT&T survey conducted by the Economist
Intelligence Unit
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Oct
22
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Companies
recognized for commuting solutions, including telecommuting
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Oct
21
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Washington
DC's Commuter Connections, a free service offering alternative
commuting options for the metropolitan region, has launched an
aggressive mass marketing campaign to promote the use of mass
transit, ridesharing, and telecommuting as alternatives to
commuting alone by car
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Oct
20
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New
breed of employee stresses importance of work/life balance,
and quality time away from their jobs. They want more flexible
employment options, such as "flex time,"
telecommuting and job sharing. Despite these compelling
trends, many employers are taking a sluggish approach to
helping employees create better work/life balance -- a risky
tactic with talent shortages looming in the not-too-distant
future
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Oct
20
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Work-life
balance is the key to employee loyalty. With flex-time work
arrangements, employers are finding that work-life balance --
not paychecks -- is the key to a happy, productive employee.
In a down economy, companies focus more on items such as
telework rather than overwork because they don't want
employees taking jobs elsewhere once the economy improves
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Oct
20
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New
Zealand legislation to require jurisdictions to reduce traffic
and develop transportation demand management strategies
including incentives to use public transport and the promotion
of telecommuting, flexible working hours to spread peak-hour
traffic
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Oct
20
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Skipping
the commute is especially helpful for many who are disabled,
but just as employers have been slow to accept telecommuting
as an alternative for able-bodied employees, they've been
equally reluctant to make special exceptions for the disabled
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Oct
20
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2003
survey by the Society for Human Resource Management says some
firms are losing motivation for being family-friendly
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Oct
16
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New
Jersey Society of CPAs endorses telework training
Training Increases Success. Training gives managers proven
ways to manage, coach and mentor offsite staff; and helps
teleworkers manage their workload and to retain their sense of
being part of the firm. It also helps both to understand what
is expected in this new relationship, and to develop new
mindset to replace the traditional employment relationship
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Oct
16
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BBC
News - Downshifting - one man's tale. Daniel Butler is one of
the estimated 1.4m Britons who have used telework to abandon
the daily fight through the urban sprawl for the tranquility
and clean air of the rural idyll
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Oct
16
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British
Telecom says British businesses are missing out on huge
savings by not adopting flexible working and telework.
Improving desk utilisation by replacing the conventional
one-desk-per-employee arrangement with fewer “hot” desks
can save £16,000 a year per employee
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Oct
16
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The
Commute Downstairs - Working from home may not be as great as
you think. A new study has found that people who work from
home are not always happier than those who keep work locked in
the office. They are likely to work longer hours and end up
with more family conflict
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Oct
16
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Get
Out More - So many of us dream of working from home - but do
we really have a clue what it entails? This article provides
tips on how to do it properly
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Oct
16
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Don't
Overeat When Working From Home - The number of people who work
from home continues to grow. Making the transition involves
not just shifting your office needs, but it also means a shift
in meeting nutritional needs
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Oct
16
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'State'
worker causes stink — When Cleo Anderson said she was
resigning her state job to accompany her husband to his new
job in Tucson, Ariz., state Revenue Director Linda Francis
proposed instead that Anderson keep working for the agency but
from her new home
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Oct
14
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The
Clean Air Campaign® Raises the Bar on Teleworking in Metro
Atlanta: Telework Leadership Initiative awards employers with
up to $20,000 in consulting and cash to establish telework
programs
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Oct
14
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Looking
Beyond the Telecommuting Policy — public accounting firms
increasingly offer telecommuting as a work option to help
retain top candidates
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Oct
14
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US
Census Bureau: Innovative parents job share, work flex hours
or, part time, alternate shifts with spouses, telecommute, and
start home-based businesses
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Oct
14
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Hagerstown
Telework Center celebrates 100th Anniversary
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Oct
14
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Substantial
numbers of telecommuters partially responsible for lowering US
cost of DSL service under cost of cable broadband service for
the first time
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Oct
10
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Corporate
futurist sees strong role for telework in future workplaces
(tricky link -- click refresh several times)
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Oct
9
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Ten
Tips for Potential Telecommuters: The best and most frequently
cited advice gathered from nearly 2000 tech workers
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Oct
9
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New
Homeland Security CIO developed a post 9-11 telecommuting
workforce and kept government Web sites operating
round-the-clock, providing updates and information for federal
workers
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Oct
7
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Business
Council of Australia survey: Companies offering: flexible
working hours (93%); job sharing (88%); paid maternity leave
(74%); paid paternity leave (53%); telework (88%)
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Oct
7
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Canada
faces boomer conundrum. Aging population likely to produce
labour shortages, but flexible work arrangements, such as
telecommuting, reduced hours, job sharing etc, appeal to older
workers as an alternative to full retirement and can help stem
debilitating loss of institutional knowledge
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Oct
6
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Atlanta
private sector employers interested in starting a telework
program can qualify for up to $20,000 in resources, including
free consulting and reimbursement for staff time
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Oct
6
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US
government survey (Office of Personnel Management) to collect
telecommuters' opinions, while determining how well agencies
are meeting the administration's goals for increasing
telecommuting opportunities for employees
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Oct
2
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Traffic
Remedies - Texas Transportation Institute touts flextime and
telecommuting as two solutions to traffic woes
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Oct
1
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Tips
for managing remote workers: Many managers still subscribe to
the “If I can’t see them, how do I know they’re
working?” school of thought. Yet Chase and other remote and
telework proponents say communication - and results - are key
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