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Technology and Teleworker
Filed under Business, TeleworkerIn 2000, Congress enacted a law designed to establish telework policies. The law was intended to promote flexibility, reduce physical office space requirements and make jobs more appealing to candidates. A secondary reason for telework policies was to guard against a pandemic outbreak, terrorist attack or any other disasters. Since 2000, the rise in the number of laptops, broadband and Wi-Fi connections in homes, Webmail accounts for e-mail, and Web portals for remote access have made telecommuting more convenient and feasible than ever.
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Flexible work schedules can help companies reduce costs and retain in-demand talent, but managers need to do more than set up remote access to enable telework to thrive
By Denise Dubie
As telework initiatives spread, managers interested in adopting the flexible work model must set use policies, deploy enabling technologies and establish employee goals to guarantee their telework initiative is a success.
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What started in the 1980’s and 1990’s as web commuting, which was then termed telecommuting, and more recently coined teleworking is not a trend that is going away. In fact, working from home is getting increasingly popular and with advances in technology, quite feasible as well. According to a recent study conducted by The Polling Company on behalf of Citrix Online, nearly 25% of US workers and 41% of small business owners regularly work from home or another offsite location. As a small business owner and employer, it may be time to consider a telework program for your company.
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