President’s Corner
TelCoa thanks U.S. Representatives Jim Himes, Rosa DeLauro, and Elizabeth Esty for introducing the Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act, H.R. 4085, 113th Congress. We strongly support this crucial legislation. The bill would finally eliminate the telecommuter tax, a steep penalty often resulting in double taxation of income that interstate telecommuters earn at home. The telecommuter tax unfairly burdens telecommuters and their employers and limits telework adoption. Congress must make the Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act law! TelCoa and other advocates are working to secure the bill’s enactment, but we need your help! >>> Read More...
Guest Columnist
4 Great Examples of Telework’s Impact by: Brie Weiler Reynolds As champions of telecommuting and flexible work options for all, we certainly don’t have to tell TelCoa readers about the benefits of telework--we all know and love them. But as organizations like ours work to spread awareness of, and support for, flexible ways of working, it’s really important to remember the individuals for whom we work--the millions of professionals whose lives would be positively impacted by more access to telework and flexible jobs. At 1 Million for Work Flexibility, we hear daily from supporters about why they support the expansion of flexible work options for all. Here are four great examples of why work flexibility, including telework, is vitally important to individuals, to companies, and to society. >>> Read the entire blog at...
Hot Topics & Links
"Working from home not for everyone, but it can still be a 'win-win' for many workers and employers" is an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer featuring TelCoa President Chuck Wilsker and Advisory Board member Diane Stegmeier. For the complete article, > click-here... -------------------------

TelCoa’s Top 10 Reasons to Telework©

For the Employer and the Economy:

  • Create Jobs, improve competitive advantage, and foster the ability to better compete in an increasingly globalized economy via Homeshoring/Homesourcing
  • Reduce costs: real estate, facilities, direct labor, business travel, and other overhead expenses; notably liability and health insurance
  • Improve recruiting and retention of skilled labor for enhanced productivity, creativity, and higher quality work product results
  • Provide hope and economic opportunity (especially in rural areas) for service disabled veterans, others with disabilities, older workers who desire to remain in or reenter the workforce, and for part-time employment reducing reliance on benefit programs

 

For the Employee:

  • Better balance family and work responsibilities, become self reliant, and participate more often in local activities
  • Retain a larger percentage of earnings for a higher quality of life and less dependence on outdated over stressed institutions


For the Environment and Society:

  • Lower carbon footprints, greenhouse gas emissions, and improve air and water quality
  • Reduce dependence on foreign energy, especially petroleum
  • Lessen highway congestion, reduce the need for capital intensive  transportation ‘solutions’ (highway, rail, bus, parking garages, security, etc.), and lower ‘rush hour’ transit related accidents and fatalities
  • Decrease the impact from or likelihood of natural disasters, pandemics, and terrorist events

 

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