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  • Work Is A Verb

    No longer merely an HR perk, telework has become a successful, even necessary, corporate strategy. Thanks to advances in technology, work no longer needs to be tethered to time or place. The shift from work as a noun, to work as a verb, has been called telework, telecommuting, e-work, or workshifting. By any name, this new way of working has been adopted by thousands of companies and millions of employees in a wide range of industries around the globe. …

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  • Both Employers and Employees Benefit

    Half-time home-based work could save employers over $10,000 per employee per year—the result of increased productivity, reduced facility costs, lowered absenteeism, and reduced turnover. And employees could save $1,600-$6,800 and 15 days of time they used to waste commuting. In fact, 47% of people who have the option to telework are "very satisfied" with their jobs, compared to 27% of those who are office-bound. And over two-thirds of employers report increased productivity among their teleworkers. …

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  • Make The Road Less Traveled The Way To Work

    The cost per lane-mile of urban highway is almost $4 million. The cost per mile of information superhighway is $20,000. Positive community and global effects are possible from even modest levels of telework. Half-time home-based work could:

    • Save $23 billion a year in imported oil;
    • Cut Persian Gulf imports by 37%;
    • Reduce greenhouse gases by the equivalent of taking almost 10 million cars off the road;
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The Telework Research Network is an independent research and advisory firm. We specialize in making the management case for telework, workplace flexibility, and alternative workplace strategies. We can model the economic, societal, and environmental benefits of telework and workplace flexibility for your organization or community.

For companies and agencies we can:

  • Explain the bottom line benefits of telework and other flex strategies
  • Create a “Management Case for Telework” specific to your firm or agency
  • Create a custom “Management Case for Flexibility” for you
  • Provide a branded Telework / Flex Savings Calculator similar to the one here.
  • Provide a branded Employee Savings Calculators
  • Consult with you on Telework and Flexibility
  • Steer you in the right direction with vendor / service provider referrals

For communities we can:

  • Help educate people and organizations about the benefits of flexible work arrangements
  • Work with you to develop telework programs
  • Conduct fact-based analyses of the potential telework offers your area
  • Contribute to your Web and newsletter content
  • Provide a branded Telework Savings Calculators
January 25, 2012

Telework is dead, long live telework

Just stumbled on an article written three months ago that says: Telecommuting as a separate thing is pretty much dead. You get e-mail on your phone, you write documents on your iPad, you run videoconferences on your laptop, and you do that anywhere you happen to be. When people conduct FaceTime chats on airplanes over the… More

January 23, 2012

Some interesting innovations at vWorker

vWorker is one of the top three freelance job boards. Like oDesk and Elance, they’re matchmakers between people with work that needs to be done and freelance workers that can do it. Ian Ippolito, President and CEO of vWorker wrote to give us a heads up on two innovations they’ve developed: 1) Trial Sourcing They… More

January 16, 2012

We’re now FutureWork Forum partners

The Telework Research Network founders are now partners in the FutureWork Forum, a global think-tank and consulting group. Founded in 2003, FutureWork Forum partners use their knowledge, experience and unique access to help organizations in both the private and public sector to solve tomorrow’s work problems today. FutureWork Forum’s independent, talented, and experienced people help organizations… More

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