When Marisa Mayers, Yahoo’s CEO, declared that telecommuting is ‘dead,’ and that it’s time to ‘get employees back to Yahoo’s campus’, she sparked quite the national debate amongst human resources ...

As gasoline prices spiked early this week by 10 cents to 20 cents a gallon around the country, telework managers said employees are requesting more hours to work at home via computer and broadband to ...

CSUEU President Catherine Hutchinson called the clampdown on telecommuting “misguided and damaging to staff morale,” adding that, in the union’s view, “we strongly disagree with the provost’s claim ...

More of Anchorage’s city staff will now be eligible to work remotely for part of the workweek. The Anchorage Assembly this week unanimously approved a telecommuting agreement proposed by Mayor Suzanne ...

Telecommuters should be subject to the same workplace rules as their on-site counterparts, but the policies may need some tweaking, a labor lawyer said during a Monday workshop. "There's a reason you ...

Baltimore and Maryland regional transportation experts hope the recent rise in gasoline prices will respark interest in teleworking and telecommuting among businesses and employees. And at least one ...

A survey says 96% of U.S. government employees could work from home at least part time -- but only about 20% do U.S. government employees have a telecommuting gap — nearly all of them could work from ...

Just over one third surveyed believe telecommuting is supported, although there is a law that requires agencies to have telework options Just 35 percent of U.S. government managers believe their ...

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In addition, 31% of CIOs felt that telecommuting employees generate too many security risks because they need to access corporate networks, systems and intellectual property off-site. Another concern ...

There’s a nifty new tool available for companies contemplating implementing or expanding a telework program. (For the sake of full disclosure, I’ll say upfront that I’m currently wearing my PJs, ...