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July 31	Work and home � Young mothers not afraid to ask for flexibility
July 31	Telecommuting solves so many problems � at far less cost than mass-transit systems � that it should be promoted by governments, etc
July 31	Telecommuting option underutilized � study released this month found that while a quarter of U.S. employees could work from home, only 11 percent telecommute
July 30	CNN: Solution to daily grind right under your roof. Age of 9-to-5 might soon be thing of past
July 30	Older Canadians working more and are less happy: StatsCan � telework can be part of solution
July 30	Arbitrator rules that US Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Panel: Agency need not subsidize high-speed telework
July 30	�Homeshoring� seen as alternative for call center agents
July 28	What do barbershop quartets have in common with teleworking?
July 28	The Power of Partial Telecommuting. Negative article talks about why telecommuting is bad for game programmers
July 27	Bosses Should Let You Telecommute - Home Workplace: A Handbook for Employees and Managers by Brendan Read
July 27	Some Couples Choose To Work From Home � Experts Warn Telecommuting Requires Serious Discipline
July 27	The homework option
July 27	How should US gov't agencies fund telework � e.g. should they split the costs of high-speed internet service with employees who work from home, etc?
July 27	Telecommute road not taken
July 27	How To Manage A Virtual Workforce
July 27	Bank of America Corp boosts workers' flexibility � satellite location is a big hit as it cuts need to commute uptown
July 26	Federal officials urge immediate preparation for pandemic
July 24	Telecommunications Industry Association tells Congress that broadband connections are critical for effective COOP preparedness and post-disaster teleworking
July 24	Young moms able to balance home, work with 'flexwork'
July 24	Telecommuting - from suits to sweats
July 24	Teleworking a no-brainer for cutting congestion
July 24	Flood closes IRS Headquarters for 6 months. Employees telecommute or are assigned to other space
July 21	Local government will have to develop more incentives for business to encourage telecommuting
July 20	Confessions of a Remote Worker
July 20	The US Office of Personnel Management is crafting a legislative proposal that would allow agency heads to require work from home or other alterative sites during a pandemic health crisis
July 20	In Need Of Options. Employed Caregivers Increasingly Less Productive As Boomers' Efforts For Parents Affect The Workplace
July 20	Teleworking Making Connections
July 20	Telework Centers Bridging the Gap
July 19	Home and Office - Workers Want It All. Survey Finds Many Employees Want to Work in Both Settings
July 19	Get powers ready for bird flu, U.S. governors told
July 18	Interesting and thoughtful peer-reviewed article deals with the sustainability impacts of teleworkers in Canada. Sent to us by Markus Moos, one of the authors
July 18	Telework revolution still on track in New Zealand
July 18	Washington Attorney General's Office provides advice on avoiding data breach in remote work situations.
July 18	32% of firms will allow increased telecommuting to reduce the impact of higher gas prices on their teams
July 18	Companies Ease Workers' Gas-Price Crunch. Ranks Of Telecommuters Expected To Grow
July 18	Telecommuting on television! Show features several prominent figures including colleague Joyce Twohig Larrick, Director of Bowie State University, and US Congressman Steny Hoyer
July 14	June 2006 Manpower study shows 80% of U.S. workers would prefer telecommuting to physical commuting. if their bosses would let them. 31% of respondents said they were considering finding a job that was closer to home because of rising gasoline prices. Only 6% of the respondents surveyed said managers were taking steps to help workers manage rising fuel costs
July 14	Welsh government to get people out of their cars and encourage them to work from home when it launches a 25-year transport plan today
July 14	Survey, sponsored by the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and Rockville research firm Rockbridge Associates, finds that $3.9 billion could be saved if everyone with the potential to telecommute did so 1.6 days a week
July 14	National Technology Readiness Survey (2006): although 25% of Americans work for employers with supportive telecommuting policies or jobs that would allow them to work from home, barely 11% actually do so
July 12	2,400 staff forced out of flooded IRS building till 2007 are now in other offices or are telecommuting
July 12	In pandemic, homes could become 'safe havens' for work
July 12	Canadian Telework Association member and telework expert Phil Montero launches live telework internet radio talk show The Anywhere Office on VoiceAmerica Business!
July 11	Telecommuting, the No Hassle Reality of Working from Home
July 11	U.S. gov't fights floods with telework
July 10	Montgomery County (Virginia) encourages businesses to set up teleworking programs. Incentives include a tax credit of up to $2,000
July 10	Questions linger over secrets on laptops
July 10	Australian survey offers timely reminder for employers that their obligations to ensure safe and secure working environments do not stop at the office foyer
July 10	Home is the New Office as Teleworking Takes Off
July 9	Telework demand expected to rise � New generation will push managers to allow it, experts say (Bob Fortier quoted)
July 9	Why not try telecommuting? Charlotte's occasional ozone flux has a fix that no one's talking about
July 9	Avoid driving, stay home and telework. As the cost of commuting increases, more companies are allowing their workers to do their job at home
July 9	Telework may be on the brink of change
July 7	Tell the boss, �I'm not coming to the office� � Local telecommuting co-op aims to attract more jobs to Chaffee County
July 7	Going Mobile. Tips For Enhancing Employee Mobility
July 7	US-based �The Conference Board� publishes the results of a comprehensive survey into �flu pandemic planning. Results show that 93% of organizations are concerned about telecommuting capabilities
July 6	Employees from UK Natural History Museum to try telework
July 6	Younger workers prefer 'telework' more than managers
July 5	Pajama plan: City of Gainsville (Fla) explores telework for its employees
July 4	Government laptop thefts could slow movement toward allowing more federal employees to telecommute from home or other work sites
July 3	Former city slickers heading for countryside in droves. Telecommuting helps make this possible
July 3	Bosses must bend on flexible working
July 3	Hamas leaders telecommute to avoid Israel missiles
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