President’s Corner

The Telework Coalition (TelCoa), America’s leading nonprofit telework education and advocacy organization, based in Washington DC, was established in 2002 by a group of professionals with experience in addressing the benefits, adoption, and implementation of telework and telecommuting programs. This was in response to a growing need for a single, reliable source of reference material about technology’s impact on our economy, environment, energy usage, and our society in general. TelCoa focuses on how this technology is changing our lifestyles, organizational structures and workplace management, along with the policies, processes and procedures that support them.

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Guest Columnist

March 7, 2012

Nicole Belson Goluboff, Esq.
Author,
The Law of Telecommuting,
The Law of Telecommuting
Supplement,
Telecommuting for Lawyers

Using Telework to Create Jobs and Reduce the Deficit

As the country strives to gain its footing amidst the jobs crisis and the deficit crisis, lawmakers must focus on the traction telework offers.

Telework enables businesses to start hiring. By slashing overhead, recruitment and other business costs, telecommuting makes it more affordable for companies to bring on new personnel.

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On Monday, November 7, 2011, the two U.S. senators from Connecticut, Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a bill, S. 1811, that would end the ability of any state to tax income earned by telecommuters who are not physically located in that state. The Telework Coalition has long supported such legislation.

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Nicole Belson Goluboff, Esq.

Nicole Belson Goluboff, an attorney in New York, is a nationally recognized advocate for pro-telework legislation and policies.  She has worked with lawmakers and the public to advance measures that would eliminate barriers to telework and facilitate its growth.  She was the winner of the Telework Coalition 2006 Hall of Fame Award for Legislative Advocacy to Benefit Teleworkers Nationwide.

Nicole is the author of The Law of Telecommuting (ALI-ABA 2001) and The Law of Telecommuting Supplement (ALI-ABA 2004).  These books, described in the 2008 issue of Employment Law Strategist as the “seminal work” on telework law, examine how the laws that typically apply to employment relationships apply differently when employees work off-site, either occasionally or full-time.  According to Lawyers Weekly USA, The Law of Telecommuting “treads carefully and thoroughly through the thicket of regulations, tax incentives and labor laws that affect telecommuting….  For attorneys who want to keep their business clients out of trouble, [the book] is an invaluable guide.”

Nicole is also the author of Telecommuting for Lawyers (ABA 1998), which addresses telework as a law practice management strategy, and over 50 articles on telework.  Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The New York Law Journal, The National Law Journal and numerous other legal and non-legal publications.  She has made many presentations on telework and has been cited as an authority on the topic in such publications as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The New York Law Journal, Forbes.com, Business Week online and msnbc.com.  Her work has also been cited in court, congressional and policy papers.  She is a graduate of Columbia University Law School and Columbia University, Columbia College.  She can be reached at goluboffn@gmail.com.

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Chuck Wilsker of the Telework Coalition will be speaking at the Contact Center Association Conference & Expo 2012 being held in Orlando, Florida from April 23 through April 26. He will be addressing the benefits of incorporating Work@Home agents into your program.

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