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Dealing with Isolation When Working from Home
When people first work from home, they often feel isolated and miss the social life they enjoyed at their workplace. What sometimes looks like a great benefit may, ironically, become a disappointment. Sure you're glad to give up the commute and business attire, but you also give up the camaraderie...
Tags: telecommuting, home office
Articles 2007-05-01
Working from Home
According to the United States Census Bureau, nearly 4.2 million people worked from home in 2000. No long commute, no sweating over finding a parking space, no dressing up, no staff meetings—what's not to like? On the other hand, when you work from home and problems arise, it's up to...
Tags: home office, telecommuting, self-employment
Articles 2007-03-27
Creating a Home Office That Works
Offices at home are a growing phenomenon, whether used for a home-based business or for telecommuting. And while there is no way to substitute for all the conveniences to be found in a 15-story high-rise office complex, a home office can be made into an efficient workspace.The real challenge to...
Tags: home office, Telecommuting, Web site development, Taxes, Web technology, Microsoft Office, INTERNET, Office suites, SOFTWARE
Articles 2007-02-28
Common sense prevails.(Brief Article)
A MAN'S-OR WOMAN'S-HOME is indeed his or her castle, at least as far as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is concerned when it comes to telecommuting white-collar workers. "OSHA will not hold employers liable for work activity A MAN'S-OR WOMAN'S-HOME is indeed...
Tags: home office, OSHA, telecommuting
Research articles 2000-01-31
OSHA allays concerns over telecommuting.
WASHINGTON-The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has no intention of enforcing workplace health and safety rules in telecommuters' home offices. Charles N. Jeffress, the assistant secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health r WASHINGTON-The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has no ...
Tags: home office, OSHA, subcommittee, telecommuting
Research articles 2000-01-31

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Home work: convergence of living and office space brings innovative new furniture.(home office equipment and supplies)
The increase in the number of home offices and telecommuting and home-based businesses has boosted demand for furniture that integrates functional utility with style. In 1996, an estimated 43 million people will do home-based work, and office equipment retailers are offering functional and stylish home office furniture fabricated from many...
Tags: Bush Industries Inc.
Research articles 1996-05-06
Telecommuting Checklist And Agreement
For an increasing number of businesses, telecommuting has proved to be beneficial to both employer and employee. When the needs of the business do not require workers to be physically present in order to perform their work, or where the availability of sufficient suitable space is otherwise a problem, telecommuting...
Tags: Agreement, Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management
Tools & templates 2004-03-01
ActionTec To Exhibit at Telecommuting & Home Office Expo & Conference '97
SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 16, 1997--ActionTec Electronics, a leading manufacturer of data communications and wireless products, announced today that they would be exhibiting their connectivity and storage products at the Telecommuting & Home Office Expo & Conference '97. The show, being held at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco...
Tags: Actiontec Electronics Inc.
Research articles 1997-10-16
Train for Home - Merrill Lynch telecommuting traing - Company Operations
Before sending workers home, Merrill Lynch sends them to school TYPICALLY, WHEN SENDING EMPLOYEES home to telework, most companies provide little more than the necessary computer equipment and perhaps some general guidelines for getting started. Not Merrill Lynch. A longtime proponent of teleworking, the financial giant has established three...
Tags: Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., PRODUCTIVITY, telecommuting
Research articles 2000-05-01
Cisco Systems Announces First High-Performance Cable Modem For Small Office, Home Office and Telecommuting Environments
SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 21, 1998--
Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., high-performance, small office, telecommuting
Research articles 1998-09-21
Alpha Telecom Inc. USA and Siemens Telecom Networks Announce ISDN Product for the Home Office and Telecommuting Market
SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 15, 1997--
Tags: ISDN, network, Siemens AG, telecommuting
Research articles 1997-10-15
Cloud Apps for the Small Business | BTalk Australia
(15min 23) Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie looks at a suite of on-demand applications aimed at the small business user or telecommuter. Mike Mansbach, the head of global sales and marketing for Citrix, and HR Shiever, the head of Citirix Online for Asia Pacific, talk about the range of...
Tags: Home PC, PC, Adoption, Citrix Systems Inc., Citrix GoToMyPC, Small Business, Cloud, Shiever, Internet, Desktops, Telecommuting, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Phil Dobbie
Blog posts 2009-03-17
When Telecommuting Works (and When It Doesn't)
One never forgets the first time -- the first time telecommuting, that is.  There's something so  liberating about working at home in your pajamas and grabbing lunch from your very own refrigerator.  But is telecommuting as good for managers as it is for their employees? A provocative article from BusinessWeek...
Tags: Telecommuting, Andrew Hines, Workforce Management, Human Resources
Blog posts 2007-03-13
Telecommuting Really is Productive, Says NSF
Many managers think of telecommuting as a necessary evil for certain freelancers. But a case study conducted by The National Science Foundation and Telework Exchange free registration required suggests that having team members spend at least one day a month telecommuting could be a boon to your team’s productivity. ...
Tags: Team, National Science Foundation, Telecommuting, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Jeff Palfini
Blog posts 2008-03-19
Six Telecommuting Myths Debunked
Six Telecommuting Myths DebunkedThis makes sense, but...The only debunked myth I have to challlenge is that the telcommuting worker is paid only for productive time. I doubt that. How do you measure productivity for a person who telecommutes when it is hard to do that for office workers...
Tags: telecommuting
Discussion threads 2007-10-03
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Working from Home
Many people believe that working from home (sometimes known as "telecommuting" or "teleworking") is the ideal employment option. And for many it is. It frees them from having to battle commuter traffic and crowds, allows them to get their work done without the interruptions of a busy office, and leaves...
Tags: Home, Business Structures, E-mail, Benefits, Time Management, Telecommuting, Leadership, Finance, Online Communications, Human Resources, Productivity, Workforce Management, Harassment, Gender And Diversity, Others, Management, BNET Editorial
Articles 2007-11-13
The growing appeal of telecommuting - more corporations encouraging employees to work at home
Why the private and public sectors are trying to have more employees stay out of the office. For two decades or so, telecommuting, or teleworking, has been little more than an occasional exception to the rule. Supervisors have worked out informal arrangements with individual workers, usually because an employee...
Tags: Government, Telecommuting, U.S. General Services Administration, worker
Research articles 1994-08-01
Six Tips for Being Productive When Working From Home
A few days ago, as I started writing the third chapter of my forthcoming book on the Palm Pre, I noticed that I hadn't so much written anything for a few hours as played a computer game for three solid hours. That's when I had to remind...
Tags: Home, E-mail, Fax, Telecommuting, Online Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-07-10
Telecommuting: Is It Right for Your Business?
There's a new American Dream, and it's called "working from home." For many employees and professionals in the United States, one of the most ideal job arrangements is one in which they choose their own schedule and work from the environment in which they are most comfortable - that is,...
Tags: Job, hrVillage.com, Telecommuting, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers
Technology Is Blurrinq Lines Between Home and Work - Brief Article
The virtual office never closes. And that's good news and bad news for workers and employers alike. The good news is that technology is giving employees flexibility and the ability to spend more time at home. The home office is becoming more commonplace, and a recent report showed that...
Tags: Collaboration, U.S. Department of Labor, worker
Research articles 1999-12-01
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