• Weekly Telework News Summary 120108
Posted by Tom Harnish on December 1st, 2008
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Around the World, Jellies Are Spreading
Workforce Management, Ca - Dec 1, 2008 Until recently, Jelly participants largely have been freelancers and entrepreneurs, but regulars say there are a growing number of workers who telecommute. … |
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Virtual Staffers Avoid Bleak Car Market, Some Economy Woes
PRLog.Org (press release), Romania - Nov 29, 2008 PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 29, 2008 – A new look at telecommuting workers has found that technology may shield these folks from the worst of the economic … |
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Public investment and regulation can be main means to green
Grist Magazine, WA - Nov 29, 2008 Universal broadband could, among other things, encourage much more telecommuting, and allow more office workers to work at home at least some days a week. … |
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Holiday Spirit Beer: In troubling times, even companies that can …
Winston-Salem Journal, NC - Nov 28, 2008 A year-end celebration can help workers get to know and trust one another in an era when turnover and telecommuting can make that difficult, he said. |
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Editorial: Early as birds
Jakarta Post, Indonesia - Nov 28, 2008 Telecommuting may be another way to cut the number of trips in urban areas. Thesedays, many kinds of jobs can be done from home. … |
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Council ponders new laptops
Northern News Services (subscription), Canada - Nov 28, 2008 Councillors “all telecommute … none of them have offices here. There’s one room they can come and sit in and access a computer, but it’s not practical,” … |
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More and more Poles work from home
Thenews.pl, Poland - Nov 28, 2008 “The increase of employment in telework results from the very broad definition of this kind of job, which only recently has been defined in labour law,” … |
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Firms change practices to keep female lawyers
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Nov 27, 2008 Law firms increasingly are developing programs that allow employees to work more flexible hours and to telecommute, in an effort to reduce the number of … |
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Working Dad: New First Dad looks like he’ll be a good ally
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Nov 27, 2008 On the campaign trail, Obama promised working dads and moms a lot: more money for child care, expanded family leave, a boost for telecommuting, … |
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Speculation, Innovation, Regulation 40 years of covering science …
Reason Online, CA - Nov 27, 2008 “‘Telecommuting’ is another phenomenon that modern telephony can make possible,” Samuel noted, explaining that “with portable terminals hooked via telephone … |
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Making friends from her desk: Area woman sets up at-home employee …
Stamford Advocate, CT - Nov 27, 2008 According to Telecommute Connecticut, funded by the state Department of Transportation, people working from home in the state increased 86 percent from 2001 … |
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Top tips for hassle-free video-conferencing
ITBusiness.ca, Canada - Nov 27, 2008 For telecommuting, keeping in touch with clientele, calling home from a business trip, or just checking in with out-of-state relatives, you’re never more … |
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SA’s miserable workforce
Independent Online, South Africa - Nov 27, 2008 … to help them cope with the weak economy through programs such as flexible schedules, four-day work weeks, telecommuting and transportation subsidies. … |
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Rogers-Lowell Chamber unveils Vision 2025 plan
Rogers Hometown News, AR - Nov 26, 2008 … telecommuting and shift management”to alleviate traffic demands. The regional attention was also turned toward the evergrowing Hispanic population. … |
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01 Communique releases the I’m InTouch SecurePC and SecureKEY
Trading Markets (press release), CA - Nov 26, 2008 Employee retention is also improved and office space costs reduced as workers telecommute by working from home. One of the biggest IT threats that …  TSE:ONE - OTC:CMTX |
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USB & Portable Storage Devices
Processor.com, NE - Nov 26, 2008 The use of USB devices and other portable storage gadgets—from iPods to zip drives—has become more widespread as telecommuting increases. … |
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The Future of Internet Taxation
U.S. News & World Report, DC - Nov 26, 2008 “Things that make a state less appealing to telecommute from are going to make or break whether businesses and workers want to live there. … |
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Six reasons to switch to IP phones
FierceVoIP, DC - Nov 26, 2008 With costs rising and budgets tightening, IP phone systems also can build a strong telecommuting segment of employees, which could lower a company’s bottom … |
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Harry Reid: No New Coal Plants in Nevada
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - Nov 26, 2008 AT&T, for example, says in comments filed with the agency this week that “telecommuting, teleconferencing and other services” could help slash emissions and … |
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Benefits of a mobile workforce are many
North Shore News, Canada - Nov 26, 2008 The ideas of telework, and telecommuting, centred around replicating the traditional office environment in the home office. The seeds were sown for what we … |
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Care about Oahu’s Energy Dependency? Look into Cars not Rail
Hawaii Reporter, HI - Nov 26, 2008 Combined with less travel, more telecommuting and wider use of renewable energy and natural gas, dependency on oil can be reduced dramatically. … |
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Business Briefs: Nov. 26, 2008
Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA - Nov 26, 2008 TPO Human Resource Management will address key issues related to employee status and schedules, including telecommuting, alternative workweeks, job sharing, … |
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Chat, Text, or Twitter: US Navy to Survey…
defpro, Germany - Nov 25, 2008 Nearly 15000 Sailors chosen at random have been asked to share their thoughts on telework and technology through the first Navy Telework and Technology … |
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National ICT Strategy Proposed
Trading Markets (press release), CA - Nov 25, 2008 Creating incentives to encourage telecommuting such as allowing businesses to accelerate the depreciation on the home work equipment. … |
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The Needs of the Global Economy Workforce
BusinessWeek - Nov 25, 2008 We offer arrangements such as flex-time, “future leave,” and telecommuting that make it possible for employees to balance work/life demands—and we encourage … |
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AT&T Offers Assistance to the EPA in Effort to Reduce Greenhouse …
MarketWatch - Nov 25, 2008 Some examples include: * Decreasing energy-intensive travel through telecommuting, teleconferencing and other services. … T - OTC:CMTX |
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The end of retirement
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Nov 25, 2008 … more jobs being redesigned to suit the needs of older workers, and an increase in job sharing, part-time and contract work, telecommuting and mentoring. … |
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Do you expect workers at your company to telecommute more often in …
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Surface options under $1 billion
Westseattleherald.com, WA - Nov 25, 2008 … encouragement of bicycling, and transit incentives, up to dynamic on-street parking prices, transit discounts, community telework sites - and tolls. … |
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IT Infrastructure Drill-Down: Green IT - Infrastructure
Baseline, NY - Nov 25, 2008 Even telecommuting can be part of a green initiative, since it reduces the number of workers in an office, and therefore cut down on equipment needs. … |