Tips for Teleworking
Teleworking can raise worker productivity in a distributed enterprise environment but deployment can be demanding. Streamline your implementation with these handy tips from SDA Asia Magazine.
Using Work@Home Agents as the Alternative to Bricks & Mortar Centers and Sending Business Offshore
The Telework Coalition (TelCoa), the only non-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting virtual, mobile, and distributed work through education, technology, and legislation has joined forces with Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) to promote the Work@Home Agent model as an unbeatable alternative to both the traditional bricks & mortar model and sending jobs offshore.
“Work@Home Agents make unqualified economic sense, when compared to the financial costs and benefits of traditional bricks and mortar centers,” said Jack Heacock, Senior Vice President and Co-Founder of the Telework Coalition. “Research shows that more than $1 million can annually be added to the bottom line per 100 agents who Work@Home,” he added.
The Work@Home model greatly enlarges the available labor pool. “We can now employ those with disabilities, retirees, stay-at-home parents, military and government spouses, wounded Veterans, part-timers, and those in rural and tribal areas,” commented Chuck Wilsker, TelCoa’s President and CEO. “The greatly increased availability of high speed Internet access, coupled with phones connected through the internet (VoIP), has proven to be the tipping point making the Work@Home agent model a real winner,” he concluded.
Teleworking in Europe: an EU-driven national agreement
Accroding to PublicTechnology.net Vladimir Špidla, the European Commission Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, was recently presented with the first joint report on the implementation of the framework agreement on telework in Member States and EEA countries.
It is the first time that such an agreement has been put in place directly by workers’ and employers’ representatives at national level in an autonomous way (in line with article 139 of the Treaty). Previous EU framework agreements on parental leave, part-time work and fixed term contracts have been implemented by a directive.
The EC Treaty provides for workers and employers to implement European agreements in an autonomous way. Today’s report offers a new wealth of experience for the future implementation of other agreements like the 2004 agreement on stress and the 2006 agreement on the protection of workers exposed to crystalline silica.
How to quit the rat race and reclaim your life
Good article in the Independent News that describes how to turn the dream of downshifting into reality with their 10-point blueprint.