Telecommuting, telework, work from home news summary for week ending April 28, 2008
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Eco-Friendly Office Tips
Harbus Online, MA - 34 minutes ago Telecommuting or working 4 extended days (as opposed to 5) can also help you decrease your carbon footprint. Once you get to work, try taking the stairs … |
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Working From Home? So Are the Germs
Business Wire (press release), CA - 2 hours ago “Although telecommuting offers many benefits like increased productivity and morale, and, of course, the luxury of working in your pajamas, home-office … |
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MONDAY SOUNDOFF: Dagwood sets good example
Montgomery Advertiser, AL - 3 hours ago The technology exists, the workers embrace telecommuting and offices outside crowded cities, but the management is stuck in the 19th century. … |
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IBM:N POWERUP-PELI RAVISTELEE VIERAILIJOITA YMPÄRISTÖTIETOISUUTEEN …
TIEKE Tietoyhteiskunnan Kehittämiskekus ry, Finland - 4 hours ago By pioneering employee telecommuting and work-at-home programs, the company has also conserved approximately 8 million gallons of fuel in the US alone in … |
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RemoteGurus.com Relaunched Freelance Job Board for Freelancers …
24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - 5 hours ago The platform is for telecommuters and those seeking skilled telecommute professionals. We are almost a decade into 2000 and telecommuting jobs are becoming … |
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SOHO – What holds Future?
ITvoir, India - 6 hours ago The terms like Telecommuting, Unified Communications, Telepresence and Second Life are touted as the next big things in the future workplaces. … |
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Jobs expected to migrate with workers to suburbs
DetNews.com, MI - 7 hours ago Employers are embracing telecommuting as a way to save overhead costs and make employees more productive and happy. “That’s going to change the way we do … |
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‘Conserve Georgia’ could be governor’s legacy
Online Athens, GA - 8 hours ago … announcing in a news release that “the House of Representatives will implement a telecommuting plan to help its employees save on the cost of fuel. … |
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What Can Green Do For You
TMCnet - 12 hours ago It has been estimated that at least 33 million Americans today could telecommute to work, saving 67 million metric tons per year of potential greenhouse gas … |
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What’s hip in government? All things green
Federal Times - 14 hours ago Marketing materials encouraged the thousands of federal employees at the event to telecommute and to drive hybrid vehicles. “Whether it’s the real estate, … |
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Time Warner Telecom Pushes for Telecommuting The solution to …
Dslreports - 19 hours ago A general manager for Time Warner Telecom (recently re-branded as TW Telecom) has penned an article arguing for a telecommuting increase in Honolulu. … |
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Financial Firms Ahead of Business Continuity Curve, Says Survey
Securities Industry News (subscription), NY - 22 hours ago The US test, which involved 2700 organizations, found that in periods of high absenteeism, many organizations would rely more heavily on telecommuting, … |
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Wired to work
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - Apr 27, 2008 The system harnesses the Internet and is commonly known as telecommuting or telework. For the purposes of this article I’ve broadened the concept and called … |
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Do we have what it takes to really lower gas prices?
Dailyrecord.com, NJ - Apr 27, 2008 Steve Carrellas, state chapter coordinator for the National Motorists Association, spoke of a possible gas-driven boom in telecommuting. … |
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Emission cuts begin at home for energy exec
Dallas Morning News, TX - Apr 27, 2008 Mr. Tonge is more excited than most executives about telecommuting because he worked on AT&T’s videoconferencing services years ago. … |
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Routt County Spotlight: Todd Danielson
Steamboat Pilot, CO - Apr 26, 2008 The magazine I work for started “telecommuting” its employees, so we could live anywhere. A co-worker and I thought, “Let’s move to Steamboat!” So we did. … |
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Got Art & ‘Net Skills? Work for Nine Inch Nails!
LAist, CA - Apr 26, 2008 Telecommute with lots of online and telephone check-ins are to be expected, and of course some “on-site work” in LA come with the territory, but if you’re … |
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Green IT Can Be Simple
PC World - Apr 26, 2008 Similarly at Nortel, employees are encouraged to use teleconferencing — both audio and video instead of travelling to meetings, and telework to reduce real … |
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Employees need to take charge of career
AZ Central.com, AZ - Apr 26, 2008 The ability to telecommute, reduce hours or take personal time off at certain stages in life may signal your value to your employer more than any pay … |
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Better ways for going green
Waterbury Republican American, CT - Apr 26, 2008 Establish firm targets for the state bureaucracy to embrace telecommuting. Voters’ reactions to these measures would run the gamut from apathy to raw fear. … |
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Some thoughts now that Earth Day is over for another year:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Apr 26, 2008 Walk, ride your bike, take the bus to work, carpool, telecommute, whatever. We’ll cut fuel bills, and pollution, as a result. |
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‘Job flexibility key to loyalty’
Hindustan Times, India - Apr 26, 2008 There are two main types of flexibility: location, such as telecommuting, and schedule and job sharing. These results, based on a health survey of 3193 … |
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Denver knocked off road to highway aid
Rocky Mountain News, CO - Apr 25, 2008 The US Department of Transportation program was aimed at showcasing congestion-fighting projects that combined tolling, transit, telecommuting and … |
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Telecommuting tips
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - Apr 25, 2008 If you’re hoping to telecommute, here are some tips. 1. Don’t expect to start as a telecommuter. Most organizations offer this option to workers whose … |
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Ohio State Workers Are Coping: It’s Now 8 to 5, With a 5-Day Week
New York Times, United States - Apr 25, 2008 By IAN URBINA As flextime and telecommuting are becoming increasingly popular, state officials in Ohio have begun moving in the opposite direction with a … |
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House Speaker fights high gas prices with telecommuting
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - Apr 25, 2008 Governor’s office reports suggest thousands of state employees telework at various times during the year. A state agency report said those employees saved … |
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Agencies plan to increase spending on telework technologies, study …
GovExec.com, DC - Apr 25, 2008 Of the 127 chief information officers and IT directors, procurement officers and analysts surveyed by the Telework Exchange, 68 percent said their agency … |
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Flexible Workplace Could Mean Fewer Absences, Improved Commitment
WFMY News 2, NC - Apr 25, 2008 … to workers’ ability to modify where, when and how long job-related work is performed, through things like telecommuting or job sharing opportunities. … |
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Wake Forest study finds better job commitment with worker flexibility
Bizjournals.com, NC - Apr 25, 2008 There are generally two types of flexibility: location, such as telecommuting, and schedule, such as flextime and job sharing. … |
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CNNMoney.com - Apr 25, 2008 You may also be able to cut down on your mileage by pitching the idea of telecommuting one or two days a week to your boss. We’ll have more on that next … |
