InnoVisions Canada Telework News

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Jan 31	They want that loving feeling ... Rigid work rules, such as non-negotiable 9-to-5 workdays and bans on telecommuting, are becoming deal-breakers for many of today's employees
Jan 31	CDW pushes teleworking among federal agencies - 87% of US federal employees surveyed would telework if given the opportunity, but only 19% actually do
Jan 28	CNN Report that 56% of top technology experts say telecommuting and home-schooling will expand, blurring boundaries between work and leisure, affecting family dynamics
Jan 27	Telecommuting does have one perk: no one will look at you funny when you show up for work with puke in your hair. See "AQUARIUS"
Jan 26	Telecommuting on the rise. Drive for less stress in life hits home for those producing away from office
Jan 26	BBC news: Home working trial proves popular. Remote working might mean we all end up in the countryside. Four people have been trapped in their homes for 48 hours to discover the benefits and pitfalls of teleworking
Jan 26	Joe Roitz manages policies and procedures for 25,000 workers at AT&T. But he doesn't work in a high-rise, or any office building at all. The director of telework for AT&T works from a bedroom-turned-office in his Little Rock, Ark., home. He's been a telecommuter for the past half dozen years, ever since a career move by his wife meant the family had to relocate. Telecommuting allowed him to keep his job.
Jan 25	Remote Control - today, work is an activity instead of a location. And thanks to better, faster, cheaper and more flexible IT, employees and entrepreneurs can work from home, from the road, and from the other side of the world
Jan 25	US government wrestles over definition of �official duty station� as it relates to telecommuting and locality pay
Jan 24	Montana passes a bill formally authorizing state agencies to promote "teleworking" by employees
Jan 24	Campaigning for teleworking in Washington DC.
Jan 24	Among predictions by futurists and experts: the Internet will alter family life through home schooling and telecommuting
Jan 24	Financial traders snowed over - some blizzard-bogged traders may be telecommuting their buys and sells
Jan 21	Staff may be happier at home (UK): Sun Microsystem teleworkers have saved company a quarter of its office space in 4 years, and an annual �2.7m in energy costs. These staff now also save two hours of commuting time a week, of which they give back to the firm an hour in work. Sun believes its shift to telework has made its staff happier, and thus more productive
Jan 21	Robert Half Survey finds that attorneys work at home an average of nine days a month
Jan 21	Teleworking (or telecommuting) continues to be an IT challenge. While 82% of users say they believe the same security standards apply working at home as at the office, only 44% of IT staff said their users understand and practice tele-working security standards effectively
Jan 20	Telecommuting at work - teleworkers ease congestion on the roads and lessen the severity of the dreaded Brown Cloud, but the hard sell is on the employer side
Jan 18	FLEXIBLE working arrangements are on the rise in Singapore 2004 Conditions of Employment survey (Ministry of Manpower) shows more employees on flexible working arrangements
Jan 18	Why home-shoring may be the next big thing - Americans who dial call centers may be surprised to find out that some of the representatives responding to their queries are actually fellow Americans working from out of the bedrooms, kitchens, or basements in their own apartments, condos, or houses
Jan 17	Can You Justify Call Centre Home Agents? Colleague Brendan Read shows how to quantify costs and gauge benefits; get a sneak peek at research that will be presented at Call Center Demo Dallas' telework track plus the 4th Annual Telework Conference
Jan 17	Man says telecommuting not so heavenly - takes issue with Forbes magazine's claims that Sandpoint is one of the 10 best "telecommuting heavens" in the country
Jan 17	Road warrior�s notebook - Work�s not a place anymore, but then neither is home
Jan 14	Bush's top personnel adviser urges employees who work in downtown Washington DC to take the day off or work from home Jan. 19 to avoid expected traffic congestion related to an inaugural event at the White House
Jan 12	License to print money? Reasons for the expected surge in VPN investment are fairly obvious. A rise in home working and better staff mobility have increased the need to access corporate networks and data from remote locations. The growth of broadband internet has made remote access easier, while staff demand for home working has increased
Jan 12	Survey Offers Mixed View of Internet's Future. Experts expect devastating attacks on the Internet. Also, as telecommuting and home-schooling expand, the boundary between work and leisure will diminish
Jan 12	Telework and freer lifestyle is driven home
Jan 12	Work-life benefits may rise in 2005: After cutting back in 2003, employers changed course in 2004. Employers offering compressed work weeks increased by 10% in the past year, job sharing by 26% and telecommuting by 22%
Jan 11	Control in a mobile and teleworking world. As more workers require mobile access to corporate systems from home or on the road, costs can spiral, but can be controlled
Jan 11	Time to mobilise your business. Much is made of lifestyle changes, with teleworking posited as the answer to people's demands for more time at home, but the real driving force behind the spread of mobile computing will be reduced costs and the fact that businesses which do not take it up will be left behind
Jan 11	Consolidation May Improve Contact Centers. The trend toward teleworking makes effective workforce management and performance practices even more importan
Jan 7	Telecommuting grows in popularity, survey finds - Telecommuting, telework. Whatever the name, it's still the same - working somewhere other than the office, whether it is at your home, at a client's office or on the road
Jan 7	New Brunswick area businesses consider staggered work hours & telecommuting as ways to minimize congestion during construction and gridlock
Jan 7	David Fleming, veteran California telework expert, and President of Fleming Ltd honors our site
Jan 7	Etobicoke Ontario worker will try to change resistant employer's view towards telework
Jan 3	Steve Squyres, principal NASA investigator for the Mars rover missions, is a happy telecommuter
Jan 2	Work from home and cut stress - JAPAN has launched a pilot Internet programme that aims to have 20 per cent of the nation's work force 'telecommute' from home by 2010
Jan 2	Bay of Fundy resident may be one of the earliest teleworkers
Jan 1	Valley Metro. Phoenix: The number of employees who work from home at least one day a week regularly has increased from 2% in 1993 to 12% in 2004
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