Snow days & telework
Glenn Dirks sent us a link to a commentary from NewWOW fellow John Edwards regarding the U.S. Federal policy that allows employees to stay at home, be paid, but not HAVE to telework from home. According to an article in the Washington Post, it costs approximately $100 million in lost productivity for each day the Federal government shuts down. Blizzard conditions in Washington DC have forced the Feds to shut down for four days, causing a flurry of articles about telework. Representative Gerry Connolly from Virginia suggests that telecommuters receive incentives to "reward employees who telework when the work day is canceled for their office-working colleagues." See: http://www.newwow.net/members/node/615#comment-998 and http://www.newwow.net/members/node/615#comment-1000
Other stories this week:
- Report: State of Green Business 2010
- Business case for web commuting
- Recommended reading: New book on valuing sustainable properties
- Cartoon: New way to monitor teleworkers
- Fired via videoconference: Our review of the movie, Up in the Air
- Symposium 8 updates
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