InnoVisions Canada Telework News

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July 29	Note: IVC & the CTA are moving. View new contact information at www.ivc.ca/contact.html Also, we will be on vacation until after Labor Day
July 29	Routing phone calls over Internet could make teleworking easier for US federal workers
July 29	Bob Fortier article in the Canadian HR Reporter: Ergonomics for teleworkers often overlooked. The need to protect the health of staff doesn�t end when they work from home
July 27	CSIA Calls for Increased Adoption of Telework by the US Federal Government - Cites Need to Ensure Continuity of Federal Operations in a Disaster
July 26	Home stretch - Executives find little fallout from working at home programs
July 26	Working for NASA from home -- technology allows NASA worker to work from just about anywhere
July 26	Welcome Home! Using homebased agents can be a cost-effective option for growing companies that can't--or don't want to--move certain functions offshore
July 25	Making the Most of Virtual Working - In 1980, the renowned futurist Alvin Toffler wrote in his famous book, The Third Wave: "Work is not necessarily going to take place in offices or factories, it is going to take place everywhere, anytime."
July 25	In wake of London bombings, US Office of Personnel Management and federal executive boards conduct hiring and emergency preparedness symposiums in 24 cities. Teleworking included among strategies to allow business to continue
July 22	Telecommuting: A Win-Win Situation for Office Depot who closed 10 of 12 call centers and switched to home-based employees -- saving the company US$15 million a year
July 22	Michigan Assistive Technology & Telework Loan Fund helps Michigan residents with disabilities apply for loans for equipment and home modifications to start a home-based business or work for an employer from home
July 22	Improving IP Communications Helps Telecommuters
July 22	Although telecommuting has lost some of the hype it had in the late 1990s, working from home ideal for CEO of movie PR firm
July 21	Measuring productivity for telecommuters
July 21	American employers provide lots of benefits to their workers, but helping them to cope with the rising cost of driving to work by encouraging telecommuting hasn�t been one of them
July 19	80% of respondents in San Diego survey would telecommute if their employers allowed it
July 19	Sadly, rising gas prices don't mean a rise in telecommuting
July 18	Telecommuting could be the key to reducing traffic congestion and pollution in the UK, according to BT
July 18	Work is where you hang your coat - Sun leads way in telework -- working not just from home but anywhere
July 15	UK telecoms warn that traffic congestion and pollution will increase across the UK unless industry and government make greater use of communications technology -- recommend increasing the use of teleworking
July 15	Futurists predict that telecommuting will accelerate as a result of the convergence of voice, data and text in mobile devices
July 15	Recommendations for disaster contingency include enabling and preparing for remote accessm working at home, and remote management
July 15	Telecommuter appeals case to Supreme Court - Computer programmer who was forced to pay New York state taxes on income earned while working from his Nashville home has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a case that has widespread implications for telecommuters
July 14	US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) looking at telecommuter Issues such as safety and impacts on work and family life
July 13	US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) looking at telecommuter Issues such as safety and impacts on work and family life
July 12	Some 15,052 Bell Bell Canada employees are equipped to telework, potentially avoiding some 25 million km/year of work commute. This translates into a reduction of approximately 6,000 tons of CO2e annually
July 12	Bell Canada's flexSpace program reduces office space and employee travel reduces air emissions by approximately 10%
July 11	Technology will rule workplace of the future.. It will allow 100 million people to telecommute by 2015
July 8	Working from home - More lower-rung employees are getting in on the act
July 8	Technology will allow 100 million people to telecommute by 2015
July 7	With telework, it pays to be formal - Businesses miss out on economic savings with informal telework programs
July 6	With looming transit strike, California Department of Transportation, said that employers should think about allowing telecommuting or flexible schedules to keep productivity up and wear-and-tear on workers down
July 5	Telecommuters found to be most productive workers
July 5	If the nation put its mind to it, we could drastically reduce our oil consumption, starting right now. We could give incentives to encourage employers and employees to do more telecommuting
July 5	Teleworking Increases Productivity and Morale, Saves Money
July 5	Telecommuting can turn hourly staff into bosses - millions of people in hourly wage categories are setting up shop as independent contractors or home-office employees
July 5	UK government employment survey, sponsored by Department for Trade and Industry and Acastudy, reveals working from home has risen from 16% to 28% of workplaces since 1998.
July 2	Telecommuting Mom. Is Fear Keeping You from Reaching Your Work From Home Goals?
July 2	Managing Remote Workers? Simplify! Teleworking. It's a word that tends to evoke strong reactions. Devotees reel off statistics showing that employees working at home or on the road are more productive, while skeptics point to the management difficulties, HR issues and security problems which teleworking inevitably entails
July 2	The Home As Office - 90% of AT&T's management employees work from home at least some of the time, while 30% of them work completely from home
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