Tag: TELECOMMUTING

As telecommunication becomes faster, more capable and more easily accessible in the developed world's largely post-industrial economy, it matters less and less where a worker does his or her job. And take it from us, the benefits abound. For one, before we took up our blogging mantles, we'd never done laundry while at work. Or let in the guy from the gas company. Or, glory be, participated in ...

As we turn the corner on 2009 and head down the home stretch, we're also running right into the wall of flu season, which means more (legit) sick days. Instead of just moaning in bed, though, many workers are now spending their sick days telecommuting from home, going online to touch base and keep up with the office. In the face of the recent H1N1 [Ed., Thanks, CAE.] pandemic, the number of ...