• Telecommuting News Summary 081808
Posted by Tom Harnish on August 18th, 2008
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More help, schemes for women to encourage babies
AsiaOne, Singapore - 1 hour ago … big role in fostering an environment that allows for employees’ work-life balance, such as providing nursing rooms, telecommuting and work flexibility. … |
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Mick Hager column: Letting employees telecommute is a challenge
Green Bay Press Gazette, WI - 2 hours ago In the age of Internet telecommuting, it’s a great idea that deserves a good look by employers. The challenge with allowing employees to telecommute … |
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CXtec Maps New Strategy After Layoffs
RedOrbit, TX - 3 hours ago Pomeroy notes CXtec still has eight employees based in the Buffalo area, who now telecommute. Apparently, CXtec’s equal2new agreement with Cisco was one of … |
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Lower costs, higher morale benefits of four-day work week
Globe and Mail, Canada - 4 hours ago … hours to serve the public and higher employee morale, and that the move has spurred improvements to its online services and telecommuting options. … |
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UNC on road to efficiency
University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel, NC - 5 hours ago … permit schedules with a four-day, 10-hour work week, adjusted start and end times to facilitate carpooling or more opportunities for telecommuting. … |
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Economic impact changes work: Professionals recreate the office in …
Idaho Business Review, United States - 8 hours ago His hour-through-traffic commute ended when he and his wife moved to Boise, from where his employer allowed him to telecommute, which he did for about a … |
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Future shock: Gas hits $10 in California?
TMCnet - 16 hours ago Most of your coworkers telecommute; the rest have staggered hours. Quickly, you fire up the computer and turn on the videoconferencing software to start … |
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Fay looms - use technology for hurricane preparedness
Examiner.com - 20 hours ago These days, with more and more workers able to telecommute, those plans should include having the ability to remain online and productive when not at the … |
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Low-hanging ‘green’ fruit to pluck
Chester DailyLocal.com, USA - Aug 17, 2008 … to promote healthy indoor environmental quality. 11. Consider implementing telecommuting opportunities for staff to encourage a reduction in automobile use. |
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Creative bosses can take stress out of commute
The Province, Canada - Aug 17, 2008 Although almost half of the 236 companies that responded to the online questionnaire offer flexible work locations or telecommuting, and even more provide … |
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GOLDSMITH & JUARISTI: Rewards of
Washington Times, DC - Aug 17, 2008 … at an early age can last a lifetime. c Employers can promote flexible schedules and telecommuting to give people more time to know and help neighbors. … |
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Economy is top issue, three candidates agree
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - Aug 17, 2008 In the short term, we can offer incentives to employers who allow their employees to telecommute or work compressed workweeks. In the long term, … |
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Drop in driving could leave hole in budget
Lynnwood Enterprise, WA - Aug 17, 2008 “People are getting very creative about van-pooling, car-pooling and telecommuting,” said Clibborn, the chairwoman of the House Transportation Committee. … |
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Some real alternatives to SMART
Marin Independent-Journal, CA - Aug 17, 2008 If just 250 to 300 of those 700 employees telecommute one day per week, we would take another 500 to 600 car trips off the road daily. … |
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Making the best broadband Internet connection
Los Angeles Times, CA - Aug 17, 2008 If you’re telecommuting, streaming music or downloading large e-mail attachments, you’ll probably want between 1 and 5 mbps. … |
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America Needs a Rural Broadband Policy Soon
Lynchburg News and Advance, VA - Aug 16, 2008 In the not-too-distant future, a company will hire employees and not expect them to live where the job is; telecommuting is on the radar screens of national … |
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Trio of candidates vie for county assessor
Verde Independent, AZ - Aug 16, 2008 I have created a telecommuting program for the county. And we have consistently tracked the county’s declining real estate market,” Hambrick said. … |
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Give the north a go at running itself
Times Online, UK - Aug 16, 2008 Villages are sought by the wealthy, the telecommuter and the retired. That is why sacrificing the green belts anywhere to development would be crazy. … |
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Telecommuting as a way of life
Manila Times, Philippines - Aug 16, 2008 Relating her shift from being office-based to being a telecommuter, Pacis said, “I used to be in government, and even when I was consultant at the Trade … |
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Employers have miles to go to help commuters
Hamilton Spectator, Canada - Aug 16, 2008 For the 236 Canadian organizations that responded to the online survey, almost half offer flexible work locations or telecommuting (eg, working from home or … |
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National Black Justice Coalition Hires Connecticut State …
Gay Wired, CA - Aug 16, 2008 Mr. Bartlett and his two adopted sons will continue to reside in his hometown of Bethel, CT and utilize the power of telecommuting. … |
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We pay for fraud
MiamiHerald.com, FL - Aug 16, 2008 … tax incentives for riding mass transit and telecommuting and consumer rebates funded by repealing billions in tax breaks for Big Oil. … |
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For easiest route to work, leave your car in the garage
The Free Lance-Star, VA - Aug 15, 2008 … could take a big step toward substantially reducing our dependence on foreign oil simply by speeding up what has been a long crawl toward telecommuting. … |
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Colorado unemployment hits 5.2 percent in July
Examiner.com - Aug 15, 2008 4 as a telecommuting software developer. He said he learned of the dismissal the day after returning from a business trip to Hungary where he essentially … |
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THE VILLAGE AT LEXINGTON CIRCLE
The Citizen.com, GA - Aug 15, 2008 With more people telecommuting and people operating home based businesses this is the perfect fit. Thousands of dollars went into this specific “Limited Use … |
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Heat rises, air quality falls in the region
Sacramento Bee, USA - Aug 15, 2008 Driving less, using public transportation, car-pooling and telecommuting all are suggested ways to reduce pollution on unhealthy days, the Web site states. … |
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Poll: Telecommuting a more attractive option
Bizjournals.com, NC - Aug 15, 2008 Two of the more popular choices are telecommuting and the four-day workweek. But which would you prefer? This week’s Business Pulse survey asked: Which … |
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Baldacci reveals short-term energy plan, GOP leader disapproves of …
Politicker, NY - Aug 15, 2008 The Department of Administrative and Financial Services is also initiating a pilot program that will allow state employees to either telecommute or work … |
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Finance Execs: Forget Stimulus, Drilling
CFO.com Magazine, NY - Aug 15, 2008 Some were more forgiving — 13 percent have utilized flexible or compressed work schedules, and 11 percent have allowed workers to telecommute. … |
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Working at home: Spend less, earn more
ABS CBN News, Philippines - Aug 15, 2008 In this line of work called “telecommuting,” Olandres only needs a computer with an Internet connection and a telephone to transact business and talk to … |