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FRAMINGHAM, Mass., July 19, 2011 – Want happier, loyal and more productive employees? Send them home. According to a recent survey from Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, Inc., telecommuters say they feel and work better when working from home. In fact, 86 percent of telecommuters say they are more productive in their home [...]
July 21st, 2011 | Posted in Current News,Telecommute Friendly Companies,Telecommute Studies | Read More »
The Washington State University Program for Digital Initiatives (PDI) received a national award for leading telework efforts in higher education. PDI’s efforts in promoting and supporting telework were recognized by Telework Exchange (a public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework) at their 2011 Tele-Vision Awards ceremony on June 8. For more information [...]
June 25th, 2011 | Posted in Current News,State-by-State Telecommuting,Telecommuting in Washington | Read More »
VirtualVocations is one of the top ranked Google sites for telecommuting jobs when a person is searching for telecommuting work, and there is ample reason why. Founded in 2007 by a brother and sister team, VirtualVocations provides the most comprehensive, updated telecommuting jobs database available. Many job boards that cater to working from home update [...]
March 9th, 2011 | Posted in Current News,Website Reviews | Read More »
Vocalocity issued a press release this past week stating that they are formalizing their telework policies. The Georgia VoIP company has allowed teleworking for the past three years, but is now seeking the aid of local consulting agencies in making the company telework policy official. Wain Kellum, president of Vocalocity stated in the press release, [...]
November 29th, 2010 | Posted in Current News,Telecommuting in Georgia | Read More »
Life Meets Work, a consultancy agency located in Chicago Illinois will be a co-sponsor in a local event that will allow businesses to showcase the successes they have had by allowing employees to engage in teleworking. The event, to be held December 7, 2010 at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning from 8:30am to [...]
November 29th, 2010 | Posted in Current News | Read More »
The Americans with Disabilities Act became law on September 25, 2008, making it possible for thousands of Americans that have some form of disability to have a better chance at finding and keeping employment that could reasonably accommodate the disabilities they have while allowing them to work. EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) includes working from [...]
November 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Current News,Federal Level Telework | Read More »
With Thanksgiving just a few days away and Christmas around the corner, many people are getting ready to enjoy some extra time off of work to spend with family and friends. In the world of telecommuting, with work being accessible at home, some people may opt out of the extra vacation time, and try to [...]
November 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Current News | Read More »
This past Thursday, the H.R. 1722 bill was passed by the house that will mandate through legislation that teleworking be implemented in all federal agencies to some degree. The bill, now in the hands of President Obama, awaiting his signature, will require all federal agencies to put into place a telecommuting policy that will allow [...]
November 19th, 2010 | Posted in Current News,Federal Level Telework | Read More »
TeleworkExchange has announced nationwide Telework Week, to be held February 14th through the 18th of this coming year. In an effort to encourage businesses to try teleworking, managers can go to the TeleworkExchange website and pledge for free, the number of people that will be teleworking that week from their homes. TeleworkExchange has calculators on [...]
November 19th, 2010 | Posted in Current News | Read More »
Convergys is in the news with a seasonal increase in their open positions. They are hiring extra workers for the holiday season to take incoming orders for Harry & Davis, one of the companies for which they provide customer service. The positions will last into December, and workers will have the ability to choose between [...]
November 15th, 2010 | Posted in Current News | Read More »
