• Telecommuting News Summary 102708
Posted by Tom Harnish on October 27th, 2008
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Our Opinion: Change your commute just once this week
Tallahassee Democrat, FL - Oct 27, 2008 The focus of the consciousness-raising initiative is on getting citizens to consider carpooling, taking the bus, telecommuting, walking or riding a bike … |
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Commuter Services urges residents to bike, walk or carpool
Tallahassee Democrat, FL - Oct 27, 2008 Commuter Services-enlisted pledgers are taking the bus, carpooling, telecommuting, bicycling or walking instead of driving at least one day this week. … |
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Telecommuting and the Green Office of the Future
GreenBiz, CA - Oct 27, 2008 Many of his 65 employees telecommute. Anderson’s office hoteling software allows employees to schedule activities to secure a work space or room or office … |
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Public Might Cut Cord on Landlines, Cable TV
AdAge.com (subscription) - Oct 26, 2008 Meanwhile, he said, Verizon has continued to see increases in broadband penetration as telecommuting has grown in response to rising gas prices. … |
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10 Ways to Green Your Company
Canada.com, Canada - Oct 26, 2008 4) Telecommuting: What’s better than riding a bike to work? Not having to go to into the office at all. Telecommuting has not gained the popularity many … |
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After oil: The future of energy
Houston Chronicle, United States - Oct 26, 2008 Other changes will take longer: higher population density in cities, increased telecommuting, alternative vehicles for different purposes, more mass transit … |
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Enzymatic Therapy, Inc. Wins Families in Good Company Award
PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - Oct 25, 2008 Enzymatic Therapy efforts include flexible schedules and telecommuting, health-related workshops, mentoring programs and educational assistance. … |
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Employers driving resurgence of telecommuting work option
Telegraph-Journal, Canada - Oct 25, 2008 Retirees, stay-at-home parents, students and the physically disabled are among the groups more likely to consider a job that allows them to telecommute. … |
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Companies that make employees feel valued create great places to …
The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - Oct 25, 2008 Yellow Pages Group offers a variety of alternative work options, from telecommuting to reduced summer hours, while L’Oréal has come up with a summer hours … |
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Green Law May Yield Leaner IT Budgets
Law.com (subscription), CA - Oct 24, 2008 For those in your firm willing to telecommute and therefore reduce auto emissions, provide reliable and speedy remote computing setups, including PDAs and … |
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Fathom drawn to animated ‘Delgo’
Variety, CA - Oct 24, 2008 Since several employees were telecommuting from around the world, Adler had his crew post the dailies onto the Delgo’s public website, allowing the … |
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Steelcase Study Sho Shows Businesses Not Harnessing the Power of …
Furniture World Magazine (press release) - Oct 24, 2008 Results of additional parts in the Nature of Work in 2008 series examine telecommuting, naps in the office and romance at work. Past surveys have covered …  SCS |
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Telecommuting on the rise at small firms
SmartBrief, DC - Oct 24, 2008 A survey this year indicated about 12% of the workers at companies with 21 to 100 employees sometimes telecommute. BusinessWeek (10/17) Want to dig deeper? … |
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Seante District 12 reace offers up three choices
Cabinet.com, NH - Oct 24, 2008 One example is a telecommuter tax credit that would reward businesses for allowing employees to work from home. LaFlamme said he also favors an investment … |
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Use VoIP to Telecommute for a Merry Christmas!
TMC Net, CT - Oct 24, 2008 Telecommuting just once per week could save on average, could save 19.36 per day of telecommuting or 174 ($271 US dollars) in the nine weeks running up … |
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Weekly yoga session reduces workers’ stress levels
SmartBrief, DC - Oct 24, 2008 Experts say other ways to reduce stress at work include telecommuting, a relaxing place to unwind at work, clear expectations and constructive feedback. … |
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More federal workers going mobile
Bizjournals.com, NC - Oct 24, 2008 Forty-two percent of respondents’ telecommute at least some of the time. Twenty percent of office-based employees report spending at least a portion of two … |
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Weekly yoga session reduces workers’ stress levels
SmartBrief, DC - Oct 24, 2008 Experts say other ways to reduce stress at work include telecommuting, a relaxing place to unwind at work, clear expectations and constructive feedback. … |
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Auditors: Ex agency chief paid for not working
Journal Inquirer, CT - Oct 24, 2008 Elsewhere in their review, the auditors also criticized CII for permitting employees to telecommute without having in place any policies or agreements about … |
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Vying for Senate, McKinney and Golberg Debate in Fairfield
Westport-News, CT - Oct 24, 2008 Goldberg also brought up telecommuting, whereby people work from home. Goldberg said finding savings may require some “thinking outside the box. … |
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Always prepared teleworkers can work through delays
Examiner.com - Oct 24, 2008 … for telework, telecommuting and staying in bed late. as saying the problem occured when a train’s electrical gear got tangled with the overhead wires. … |
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Orem woman is Citizen of the Year
Daily Herald, UT - Oct 23, 2008 Company team members telecommute to the virtual offices of PilmerPR and leverage the latest in collaborative online technology. … |
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Enterprise routers becoming smarter
Express Computers, India - Oct 23, 2008 Some of the key trends that are emerging are: Telecommuting and the mobile workforce are on the rise with an increasing number of employees working outside … |
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Getting bucks to take the bus
Daily Camera, CO - Oct 23, 2008 The program, called 36 Commuter Cash, pays commuters when they choose to bike, carpool, ride the transit, walk or telecommute. Three months after the debut … |
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How to Get Results on a Work-At-Home Job Search
Best Syndication, CA - Oct 23, 2008 ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Leslie Truex is a telecommuting and work-at-home expert and author. Her book, The Work-At-Home Success Bible will be published by Adams … |
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New projects are making Madison a much greener place
Isthmus, WI - Oct 23, 2008 To that end, construction schedules on new projects run four days a week, when possible, and office workers at headquarters are encouraged to telecommute at … |
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International Calling for Dispersed Workforces
TMCnet - Oct 23, 2008 A subset of this reality is a trend toward telecommuting — employees working from locations outside a company’s main office, whether that be from a hotel … |
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6 Ways to Thrive as a Teleworker in an Economic Downturn
New York Times, United States - Oct 23, 2008 By CELINE ROQUE, GigaOm In today’s turbulent economic times, it’s important to have lower expenses and increased income - especially for teleworkers. … |
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Green IT must reach beyond the datacenter
InfoWorld, CA - Oct 23, 2008 As Ted has noted many times in his blog, green IT goes beyond the datacenter to supply-chain optimization, effective telecommuting, desktop power … |
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Americans invented the Internet, but the Japanese are running away …
Computerworld, MA - Oct 23, 2008 … high-definition teleconferencing, for telemedicine — which allows urban doctors to diagnose diseases from a distance — and for advanced telecommuting … |