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President’s Corner

December 1, 2011

I thought it would be a good idea to tell both our new and returning visitors a little more about us. As always will be the case, please email me directly at chuck@TelCoa.org with any thoughts and comments you have.

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

December 7, 2011

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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Hot Topics & Links

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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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Private Sector

Public Sector

Two Vermont State Employees’ Association bargaining units agree with state to new voluntary “teleworking” policies

February 9, 2012

There are two overlapping reports for the State’s teleworking policy (No. 11.9) establishing the “basic principles and conditions regarding an employee’s voluntary request to work remotely from an alternate worksite”. The first report is more in the form of a press release and more specific.

Click here for the first report

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Quake jolts corporate practices [Japan Times, Tokyo]

(Japan Times Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sept. 13–

The effects of the March 11 quake have forced companies like KDDI and Pfizer to reflect on their use of office space. Motivated by the need to save energy KDDI’s head offices in Tokyo have increased employees’ use of flextime and telecommuting to 40%. A survey found companies allowing telework jumped to 20% from the prequake 14% reducing stress of excessive overtime, long commutes and a sense of helplessness about employee’s schedule. Japanese values of intense working conditions and affluent lifestyle no longer seem so appealing.

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