TelCoa in the News
Tools That Will Empower Our Growing Mobile, Global Workforce
By Scott Lachut January 17, 2012
Relying on mobile phones and tablet computers the traditional office is transforming and the market place has responded to enable these workers. Among some new offerings are NTT DoCoMo in Japan offering mixed reality 3D communications.
Making Telework Work
November 2011
Telcoa’s research and findings referenced by our friends at Alpine Access in this case their COO Rob Duncan. The Telework Coalition reports business can save an average of $20,000 a year for each full time employee who works remotely.
New Virginia tax breaks encourage telecommuting
By:Liz Essley | 01/02/12
According to Chuck Wilsker: Virginia is ahead of the game since Tim Kaine was governor, he really was behind telework. Virginia offers tax breaks for telework programs up to $50,000 beginning January 1, 2012.
Telecommuting is Coming of Age
By Jacquelyn Gutc CORRESPONDENT – Sunday, December 18, 2011
Newer generations are used to collaborating with others. It is easier to work from anywhere and employees can save more than $8000 a year from working at home full time.
Telework offers solution for area | Reader Letter
September 18, 2011
Kentucky Teleworks are addressing the impact of closing the Sherman Minton Bridge. Having 40% of the teleworkable positions full time work at home greatly reduces the reliance on outdated transportation solutions. These jobs can be done more efficiently from home – and open the highways while reducing the carbon footprint.
When Salaried Employees Leave the Office Nest
By Michelle Leach
Policies, processes and procedures: Telcoa’s “3P’s” are addressed by the Department of Labor in a new app for iPod users. Will this provide the answers for Government’s daunting regulations and taxation proclivities?
Marriott’s remote agent program, “myPlace” has been in place for 4 years and is seen as seamless integration into the remote agent program while the Dept. of Labor’s program seems to be mired in status quo thinking as the reviews on the app are mixed.
State Encourages Flexibility for Baltimore-Washington Commuters
A recent report found that area commuters spend between 50 and 70 hours a year stuck in rush hour traffic. For more than a decade, state government has allowed its employees to craft more flexible schedules and is urging others to follow suit.
February 20, 2011, By Alexander Pyles, CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE
Zina Brown doesn’t worry about her commute to work each day from suburban White Marsh to the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus.
She takes her time, leaving her home sometime before 9 a.m., then driving an easy 15 or 20 minutes, well after commuters from the morning rush are parked and at work. She stays at work until 7 p.m., again missing rush hour.
“It definitely helps, as far as being able to cut down on the traffic and driving and helping me to save on gas,” said Brown, 47, of her 10-hour-a-day, Monday through Thursday schedule. “I’m grateful to be able to work the flex schedule.”
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