• Weekly eWork News Summary
Posted by Tom Harnish on October 20th, 2008
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Al Franken: Career success, just not in politics
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Oct 20, 2008 … be eligible for a $2000 credit, and businesses could get a credit of up to $1200 per employee to help with child care needs, perhaps by telecommuting. … |
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The Four-Day Workweek—Now Wrecking Innovation at a Company Near You
Workforce Management, Ca - Oct 20, 2008 Allow people to telecommute. Offer flexible hours as long as the customer (internal and external) gets served. Measure how people are doing every couple of … |
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Seven ways unified communications can save you money
SearchVoIP, Australia - Oct 19, 2008 6) Telecommuting: Better collaboration and communication tools also make it easier for enterprises to embrace telecommuting, which can cut costs for workers … |
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Ken Sheinkopf: At-home workers who cut energy usage save money
Contra Costa Times, CA - Oct 19, 2008 A: Whether you run a business of your own from home or just spend a lot of time there telecommuting to your job, a fact of life is that you’re going to be … |
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We can’t rely just on fossil fuels
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Oct 18, 2008 We have the technology to double or triple our car’s mileage (my 2006 Prius gets 50 mpg), we can telecommute one day a week or work 4 ten-hour days. … |
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Talkin’ with Sal: Connecting the dots
Casper Star-Tribune Online, WY - Oct 18, 2008 Actually, that tiny portion of what I do could perhaps be done from home, but I’m not certain that I’d ever want to “telecommute.” I did that once, … |
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How to Be a Successful Telecommuter
Best Syndication, CA - Oct 18, 2008 It can be challenging enough to find a good telecommuting job these days, but more and more companies are jumping on board and establishing telecommute … |
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AARP names NIH one of the best employers for workers over 50
OhMyGov!, DC - Oct 18, 2008 NIH employees are offered flextime, compressed work schedules, job-sharing, telecommuting, and a formal phased-retirement program. … |
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Raising cost of driving could help cut emissions
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA - Oct 18, 2008 Allowing flexible work hours to keep employees off the streets during peak congestion and allowing workers to telecommute. … |
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An ambitious generation of devices pushes telework forward
Examiner.com - Oct 18, 2008 Indeed, it is these changes, along with the growth of wireless networks, that is transforming home-bound telecommuting into telework, which is the ability … |
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Making Telecommuting Work
BusinessWeek - Oct 17, 2008 Three of the Bradenton staff telecommute, including the chief technology officer. Durfee now thinks her early misfire with telecommuting was due in part to … |
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Critical Links edgeBOX Enables SMBs To Leverage The Value of the …
TMC Net, CT - Oct 17, 2008 Critical Links Partnership with VanCost Systems points the way for SMBs looking to support remote workers, remote offices or telecommuting. … |
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CANDIDATE PROFILE: District 7 NH Senate candidate Andy Sanborn …
The Keene Sentinel, NH - Oct 17, 2008 Offering employees a four-day week, or the option of telecommuting instead of a salary increase could help some departments cut costs without cutting … |
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IT vendors go green, says researcher
EETimes.com - Oct 17, 2008 … efforts at “greening” internal operations, use of video and telecommuting, and membership and participation in environmental organizations. … |
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Federal Agencies Lagging Behind Mobility Trends
eWeek, NY - Oct 17, 2008 “Mobile technology enables employees to work smarter and make the most of their time – regardless if they are a teleworker or mobile worker,” Cindy Auten, … |
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Green Telecom Part VI: Verizon a telecom leader
TelephonyOnline - Oct 17, 2008 … energy consumption and carbon-dioxide emissions, but also to help other industries through the promotion of telecommuting and recycling of electronics. …  VZ |
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edgeBOX Enables SMBs to Leverage Remote Worker
TMCnet - Oct 17, 2008 … Alert) edgeBOX product so that it becomes available to VanCost customers who support remote workers, remote offices or telecommuting capabilities. … |
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts trying to cut costs
SmartBrief, DC - Oct 17, 2008 … of Massachusetts is cutting its administrative costs by reducing its workforce through attrition, using more technology and allowing telecommuting. … |
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Telecommuting and Work at Home Jobs on the Rise
TMCnet - Oct 17, 2008 By Shamila Janakiraman, TMCnet Contributing Editor FlexJobs, an online job service for telecommuting and work at home job listings, said that there has been … |
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Cisco Systems Tops Green Network Equipment Vendor Matrix
TMCnet - Oct 17, 2008 The use of video conferencing, telepresence and telecommuting, and participation in environmental organizations were other factors that were also taken into … CSCO |
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Dressing for success has a variety of permutations
PRWeek, NY - Oct 17, 2008 While “the advent of telecommuting” has created a more casual workforce, younger employees and interns come to the industry with work experience and know … |
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Back to work … as a mom
Bend Bulletin (subscription), OR - Oct 17, 2008 … believes working moms should find out about their company’s policies regarding family-friendly options, like flex time, job sharing and telecommuting. … |
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SA slowly becoming used to working away from the office
MyADSL, South Africa - Oct 17, 2008 They will also demand telecommuting. The workplace can accommodate it and should. Naturally there will be an increased focus on the quality of the employees … |
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ICI Offers Alternative to Pickens Plan
HedgeCo.net, FL - Oct 17, 2008 The alternative answer proposed by Intelligent Communities, Operation Energy Transition, calls for a ramped-up increase in telecommuting, innovations such … |
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Listening in
The Villager, NY - Oct 16, 2008 Visitors receive a fact sheet with tips on how to reduce fuel emissions such as inflating tires, changing air filters once a month and telecommuting once a … |
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Telecommuting: Finding balance in work and life
The Eureka Reporter, CA - Oct 16, 2008 Stanley said she educates people how to balance work and life and that telecommuting can often be beneficial to people that need more flexibility with their … |
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Valley firms are exploring virtual offices
Arizona Republic, AZ - Oct 16, 2008 Still, most local call centers don’t appear ready to jump into telecommuting despite increased interest in the wake of gas prices that surpassed $4 a gallon … |
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Not all share in Bay Area’s cleansing air
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Oct 16, 2008 It has to be less driving, pedestrian parkways, telecommuting, bike paths. Land use planning isn’t separate anymore from air quality regulations.” |
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American Tax Policy is Both Ridiculous and Incomprehensible
Huffington Post, NY - Oct 16, 2008 Instead of promoting telecommuting via the internet (according to USA Today, by the year 2010, 100 million Americans will telecommute), we as a nation … |
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Incentive Plans Are Hit Hard by Economy as Companies Evaluate …
International Business Times, NY - Oct 16, 2008 59 percent are considering implementing or expanding flexible work schedules, telecommuting (46 percent), compressed work weeks (34 percent), part-time work … |