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May 31	Large businesses are lagging behind their smaller counterparts when it comes to telework and flexible working practices
May 30	What you need to start telecommuting
May 30	Telecommuting toolbox. Providers beef up infrastructure to feed demands of increasingly mobile workforce
May 26	Ways to Equip Telecommuters - Make telecommuting work by starting with a functional home office
May 26	Planning keeps gas costs down? Talk to your employer about telecommuting. Working from home one day a week can significantly reduce your fuel consumption over the course of a year
May 26	Work/life programs now being recognized as drivers of real and positive results
May 25	Out of office - Researchers want to know what impact the increase in homeworking will have on transport trends
May 24	How to overcome those home-office blues
May 24	Flex Time Under Pressure in Tight Economy - A study released in May hints at disillusionment with flex time, HR policy that allows workers to set their own hours and schedules within limits set by their employer
May 24	Good work can be flexible. Though it's tough, you can have a good job where you advance and be flexible at the same time
May 24	ITAC research: Can your organization survive a disaster? Exploring Telework as a Business Continuity Strategy -- A Guide to Getting Started
May 19	Unbendable flexibility - Despite more awareness about flexibility in the workplace, the percentage of employers offering options has declined in the last three years, according to the Society of Human Resource Management
May 18	New York Loses Bid to Assess Tax on Telecommuter From Connecticut
May 18	Canadian company Catecs helps other companies lower the cost of compliance - telework contributes to their success
May 17	Motivating the telecommuter - Like all jobs, working from home has its drawbacks and challenges, and along with all the gains usually comes a bit of pain
May 17	Telecommuting could help solve Hawaii traffic woes
May 17	Out of office - UK researchers want to know what impact the increase in homeworking will have on transport trends
May 17	US House Government Reform Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va. says "Telework is not just common-sense efficiency but an important national security consideration as well"
May 16	Management Virtues in a Virtual Office
May 16	A good job can be flexible, but it takes effort to find it - More companies offer changeable schedules to help workers improve their work-life balance
May 16	Rising Phenomena of Teleworkers in a World Where Technology Leads - Report explores the rising phenomena of teleworkers in a world where work is no longer a place but an activity
May 16	Where To Work in Canada? An Examination of Regional Differences in Work Life Practices - report from colleague Dr. Linda Duxbury of Carleton University
May 16	Mobility and the Government Enterprise Mobility has an important role to play in solving problems related to budget constraints and a disappearing work force due to the coming wave of retirements
May 13	Research and Markets: Rising Phenomena of Teleworkers -- The Remote Worker spotlight report explores the rising phenomena of teleworkers in a world where work is no longer a place but an activity
May 13	Proof � Remote Working Can Save The World -- over 4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have been prevented by company users in the last month alone
May 12	STAMFORD -- U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd and U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays will introduce legislation next week in the House and Senate that would exempt state telecommuters from paying a second income tax to New York.
May 9	Flat world fatigue: globalization and telework breeds interminable work day
May 9	US Office of Personnel Management tells Congress that ongoing threats of terrorist attacks on American soil accentuates need for federal agencies to adopt telework contingencies for employees who may become displaced from their offices during an emergency
May 6	Working from home could increase productivity and reduce traffic gridlock in cities, a researcher says
May 5	Telework Story: Raymond Services of Hamilton Ontario completely virtual and supportive
May 5	Telework Story: Florida College professor thinks telework is just fine
May 5	Working from home increases productivity by 30 percent and is a "multimillion-dollar, untapped resource says expert in presentation to Australian Telework Advisory Committee
May 4	More than one-third of career moms would take less pay in exchange for flex work such as telework that would allow them more time with family
May 4	Teletales: myths of teleworking. Can your office provide flexible working arrangements, or is management trotting out some well-used excuses to avoid dealing with it?
May 2	Wanted: Retirees to work - Employers try to prepare for pending exodus of Boomers. Flexible work arrangements, including telecommuting, are part of the strategy
May 2	Boomers Drive Current Workplace Trends - Long distance leadership of telecommuters expected to be a key workplace trend
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