Just off the the wires (so to speak), here's a sampling of recent work at home related news. Up this week: Hurricane Earl, the future of the workplace and as always work at home scams.
- Hurricane Earl may test IT teleworkers - Obviously this is a dated headline. And Earl was a bit of a bust (thank goodness!), but it never hurts to be prepared. Weather emergencies are an important reason for employers to embrace telecommuting.
- Allowing SMHA employee to telecommute meant to maintain continuity - Yikes! It's bad enough when you coworkers' are wondering if you're watching TV, this teleworker has a whole community group watching her and wondering if she is working. I guess they've never heard of a results-only workplace.
- How Green Is Telecommuting? - Reader asks Slate this question in hopes that the answer will help convince the boss to allow telecommuting. Unless we're talking green as in the color of money, I wonder how much the boss really cares. But there are some interesting statistics in this article.
- Beware of work-at-home scams - The Chicago Tribune offers this little pearl of wisdom along with a few random websites as resources. For more on scams check out these typical work at home scams.
- Readers on the Workplace of the Future: Telecommuting, Swarming and "the FunPlace" -A compilation of comments about the future of work. Telecommuting figures in pretty prominently.
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