• Weekly Telework News Summary for June 2 2008
Posted by Tom Harnish on June 2nd, 2008
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Getting to Work in Goleta
The Santa Barbara Independent, CA - June 2, 2008 Flexible work schedules and telecommuting also take cars off the road at peak hours and give more options to employees. Then there is the train. … |
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Survey: Workers changing commute to cope with gas prices
Bizjournals.com, NC - June 2, 2008 Seventeen percent of companies started ride sharing or van pooling programs for employees and 11 percent have allowed for more telecommuting. … |
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Family Issues In The Workplace To Be Addressed In WMACCA Program
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel, NJ - June 2, 2008 Topics to be discussed include family and medical leave, flexible work hours, telecommuting, and “family responsibility” discrimination. .. |
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Inside GSA’s telework program
FCW.com, VA - June 2, 2008 By Richard W. Walker When Lurita Doan left the General Services Administration last month, the agency lost its most visible champion of telework. … |
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Gas prices forcing commuters to change
The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - June 2, 2008 Other changes included driving more fuel-efficient vehicles and telecommuting, each getting chosen by 33 per cent of those who’ve opted for changes. … |
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Getting to work and getting a break, to boot
New York Daily News, NY - June 2, 2008 Arrangements such as flextime and telecommuting can help reduce costs by eliminating one or more commutes a week. Car-pooling also offers considerable … |
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Work @ Home Father’s Day Promotes Parenting & Career; Contest …
PR.com (press release), NY - June 2, 2008 Seven million run home businesses, while another five million telework at least three or more days each month. Eleven million work from home after hours, … |
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Does work at home really beat gas costs?
Oak Brook Business Ledger, IL - June 2, 2008 I’ve been in management about 30 years now, and even before the term “telecommuting” was common, I had employees who claimed they could be more effective if … |
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Soaring fuel prices drive some to try four-day workweeks
USA Today - June 2, 2008 Now, when he isn’t telecommuting, Messineo drives a Saturn Ion. The minivan gets 15 miles per gallon; the Saturn, up to 30. “Unfortunately,” Messineo says … |
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Yuba homebuyers face mounting commuting costs
Trading Markets (press release), CA - June 2, 2008 He also foresees more telecommuting and Internet-based work “that makes it feasible to live out there (Yuba County) and drive three days a week. … |
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Win-Win-Win: Employers, Employees, and the Environment
Global Politician, NY - June 2, 2008 The environmental and community impacts of widespread telework include decreases in traffic congestion, air pollution, parking problems and energy … |
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You can be a ‘digital nomad’ (no, really!)
Computerworld Australia, Australia - June 2, 2008 You may have heard about the extreme telecommuter lifestyle and thought to yourself, “Wow, I would love to do that, but, nah, I could never make it happen. … |
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As fuel surges, telecommuting grows in US
AFP - June 2, 2008 Jack Heacock, senior vice president at the Telework Coalition, a group promoting telecommuting, said the practice is moving beyond traditional areas such as … |
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The Gadfly Takes On Big Oil
Memphis Flyer, TN - June 2, 2008 Oh sure, more people are taking public transportation (good luck trying to do that in Memphis), buying small cars, or telecommuting, but for the most part, … |
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Give cars a rest, many bosses say
News & Observer, NC - June 2, 2008 Most are using incentives — telecommuting, gas card bonuses and the like — rather than pay increases, according to a national survey by the Society for … |
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Survey: $4.50 gas will pull commuters off the road
Trading Markets (press release), CA - June 2, 2008 That can include more flexible working hours, taking mass transit, telecommuting or other changes. In the Twin Cities, 11 percent of commuters have blown … |
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Greening your work: Easy tips for a more sustainable business
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - June 2, 2008 … flexibility around start/finish time, working at home/telecommuting). * Be transport-efficient by planning trips carefully and driving smoothly. … |
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Shorter workweek
Manila Times, Philippines - June 2, 2008 … US federal government “has offered four-day workweeks to eligible employees . . . as part of a flexible work program that also includes telecommuting. … |
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Telecommuting adds up in accounting
TMCnet - Jun 1, 2008 1–What is it about the accounting industry that has placed it in the forefront of telecommuting? “Globally, it’s really part of our business model,” said … |
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Drivers, we can improve traffic on our own
Charlotte Observer, NC - Jun 1, 2008 “Some employers that are actually interested in helping the environment permit telecommuting — working from home,” he said. “People who know the commute … |
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Green saves green: Companies’ eco-friendly changes do more than …
TMCnet - Jun 1, 2008 … installing compact fluorescent bulbs, low-flow faucets and waterless urinals, offering telecommuting options and filling tanks with biofuels. … |
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Commuter challenge launched
North Shore News, Canada - Jun 1, 2008 … transit, carpooling and telecommuting. Last year, approximately 39000 Canadians in more than 170 communities and 1700 workplaces participated. … |
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Easing pain at pump
The Province, Canada - Jun 1, 2008 … the most common changes they reported making include increased carpooling, driving a more fuel-efficient vehicle and telecommuting more frequently. |
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Mass Transit, Mass Spending
Hartford Business - Jun 1, 2008 Car pooling, buses, cars with high fuel efficiency, bikes and telecommuting are probably the more realistic approaches to the growing transportation crisis … |
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Tips on saving on gas
Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV - May 31, 2008 Use public transportation, or try telecommuting from work if you’re in a position to do so. Drive the car that gets the best gas mileage more often than the … |
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Home is where the work is
Sunday Business Post, Ireland - May 31, 2008 A sales teleworker, for example, typically says: ”I can be at my desk at 8am, take care of all the admin stuff like reports and planning, and then head … |
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Federation of Canadian Municipalities honours municipal excellence
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - May 31, 2008 Smart Commute encompasses a variety of programs, including carpooling programs, cycling programs, new work arrangements such as telework and compressed work … |
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Napolitano wants more old people in workforce
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ - May 31, 2008 They wanted employers to provide flexible hours, compressed work weeks, job sharing and telecommuting. Napolitano said the Arizona Mature Workforce … |
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Who does that
Hamilton Spectator, Canada - May 31, 2008 According to the Canadian Telework Association, there are more than 1.5 million Canadians working as virtual assistants. |
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Hi there, I just came across an interesting take on government incentives for telecommuting.
http://www.commuteroutrage.com/2008/06/02/should-the-government-incentivize-telecommuting/
They’re arguing that the government shouldn’t incentivize telecommuting because it’s none of the government’s business.
I suspect this issue is going to become very hot in the next few years, as oil prices keep going up.
What do you think? Do you think the government has any business supporting and incentivizing telecommuting?
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Damn straight government should care about telecommuting.
They don’t have the money or the geography to build more roads to help reduce the time wasted on the highway, for one. They also care because in the event of a disaster (earthquake, epidemic, terrorism) their community has to continue operating, something businesses need to think about too. Another reason government cares is because we could significantly reduce our dependence on foreign oil if more of those people who could telecommute did.
In fact, the federal government has been mandated by Congress to ensure that any government worker that can work from home does. That’s not widely known, and not widely implemented; but a number of Congressmen are working to put teeth in the mandate.