InnoVisions Canada Telework News

Note: Many of these items come from 3rd parties & are provided for information only. We don't necessarily agree with each one, nor are they 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, but since we have no control over changes made by outside websites, there may be some 'dead' links.
Mar 30	Non residents who telecommute for NY companies may have to pay NY income tax. Controversial NY Court of Appeals ruling says that telecommuters who live out of state while working by computer for a NY employer must pay NY tax on full income. This case could have wide implications.
Mar 29	Telework and taxes: It can be quite a job just figuring IRS rules governing home offices
Mar 29	AT&T predicts that telecommuting will increase significantly in the coming years as it becomes easier for workers to be completely connected to office networks
Mar 24	New York State�s aggressive policy of taxing nonresident telecommuters employed by New York businesses being challenged in court
Mar 24	Managing Off-Site Employees Ensures Customer Satisfaction - Not every manager is cut out to manage distance employees, and not every employee is cut out to work away from the department
Mar 23	Five must-haves for a highly efficient home office
Mar 23	Riding laptops to work - Other than driving alone, telecommuting is the only commuter mode to increase since 1980.While telecommuting's share of work trips is still small, we should still be optimistic, especially if cost-effectiveness is thrown into the mix.
Mar 23	Sun Microsystems report "Encouraging Green Telework" examines potential environmental benefits from incentiving telework
Mar 22	The Roadblock to Teleworking. Does your boss have to die before you can become a regular teleworker?
Mar 22	Working from home a couple of days a week can be the deal-breaker in employment contract negotiations
Mar 22	Telecommuting is Way to Save Lives in Emergency Situations
Mar 22	GSA, OPM try new teleworker lure: Federal employees who have never before teleworked can take advantage of a one-month free trial at one of the 16 Washington Metropolitan Telework Centers
Mar 18	Flexible work arrangements including telework help Ford Motor Company win fourth consecutive citation as Employer of Choice for Women
Mar 18	St Patrick's Day and telework your way healthy. Seems teleworking � the ability to put in your hours from home - is the next big thing to save us all from cardiac arrest and ever-expanding waistlines
Mar 17	Canadian law firms shows that work life balance is now a key issue for both male and female lawyers
Mar 17	San Jose Selects Nortel to Provide Network for New City Hall - will allow for greater collaboration, telework capabilities and improved access to services
Mar 16	Where do home businesses and telecommute stand in Insurance world?
Mar 16	Telework and Homeshoring Embracing More Home-Based Professionals
Mar 16	Telecommuting humour - challenges to telecommuting
Mar 16	Trust is not a four letter word: The role of trust in managing a remote workforce
Mar 16	The Australian Computer Society calls for IT employers and government to introduce more family-friendly work environments and healthy lifestyle options
Mar 15	Australian Telework Advisory Committee will investigate the use of technology to allow staff to work from home, promoting better work-family balance among Australians
Mar 15	Management Virtues in a Virtual Office ... Milwaukee-based Dieringer Research Group research shows that telecommuting has risen 41% overall since 2001
Mar 15	US Federal agencies: We�ve come a long way - It seems as though we have been talking forever about letting federal employees telework, but it doesn�t seem to be happening
Mar 12	The Public Service Commission of Canada red-lines Vancouver Islanders out of Lower Mainland jobs. With impending labor shortages thanks to baby boomer retirement, the PSC and other employers need to be open and flexible including using telecommuting to hire educated Vancouver Island workers.
Mar 15	Telecommuting booming in popularity, expanding into top jobs - Telecommuting has long been a dream of many American workers
Mar 11	Australia's federal Government has formed a new telework taskforce - The Australian Telework Advisory Committee (ATAC), will "advise on options and impediments to the development of telework for employees and businesses by February 2006
Mar 11	Virtual office is gaining steam - The office of the future will be wherever they want or need it to be. With handheld computers, wireless networks, Web conferencing and encrypted virtual private networks, an office can already be almost anywhere.
Mar 10	Home-office options increase to meet new demand from telecommuters and home-based business owners
Mar 9	It's time for Canadian governments to take the lead in helping people work at home (note: While I don't agree that HR should be kept out of telework, this author makes many good points nonetheless)
Mar 9	Virtual call centers validated - At last, forecasts & recommendations from the experts
Mar 9	Teleworking - a new solution to no commuting - RAC Foundation UK study finds that over 70% of working mothers in the UK would like to work flexibly or telework at least some of the week
Mar 8	Australia's Communications and Information Technology Minister Helen Coonan will start ticking off her list of election promises later this week, launching the government's Teleworking Task Force
Mar 8	North American enterprises targeting IM & telework for deployment, says Sage Research. 47% of the information technology professionals surveyed named network security/authentication as their organization�s top concern associated with the growing phenomenon of telework
Mar 8	Employers will have to start offering older workers more flexible scheduling, such as job sharing or telecommuting, to keep them on the job
Mar 7	Gazing into the crystal ball - futurist predicts that telecommuting from home will become standard
Mar 7	Aided by laptops, Internet, telework gains in popularity, and broadband helped accelerate the acceptance (of telework) even further
Mar 7	Low morale, other issues push absences to five-year high. Telecommuting and compressed work week touted as most effective solutions.
Mar 7	Labour in Chile: Laws Needed to Regulate Telework
Mar 4	All too familiar story about telework resistant Canadian Public Service managers from Ren� Durand of Gatineau, QC
Mar 2	Sun Microsystems reaches out to its workers in innovative ways, including participation in its iWork program
Mar 2	Researchers link use of Internet, social isolation. Internet use is replacing face-to-face interactions without replacing the benefits. Telecommuting impact on workers' social lives�both negatively and positively�to be studied
Mar 2	Federal program gives tips for making businesses more employee-friendly
Mar 2	SmartAdvice: Telecommuting A Boon With Proper Safeguards And Training -- Group urges that telecommuting privilege focus on training and security for a successful experience
Mar 2	24 million Americans telecommute: US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist became the nation's highest profile telecommuter last week, thrusting the issue of working off-site into the spotlight. Rehnquist, 80, will read transcripts of oral arguments from home as he battles thyroid cancer. He joins an estimated 24 million Americans who "telework" full or part time
Mar 1	Telework gaining steam: Companies realizing cost savings. Younger, highly skilled workers place more value on flexible work arrangements
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