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"The Benefit Of Working From Home"

This post was written by Chuck Newton: "I work from home. I have full time since about 1999. I was a spare room tycoon before it was cool. I did the carpet commute before people admitted openly that they operated their business this way.

I speak to a lot of lawyers about the prospect of doing the same, and I am usually amazed by those, even if they are intrigued by the idea, who cannot let themselves do it. The resistance centers on a number of things, but mainly it is old "bad for business" excuse.

...It is hard to understand why lawyers do not see the benefits of working from home, when the government, in-house law firms, and big business do.

Congress passed a bill requiring every agency to establish a policy under which employees will be authorized to work from home (which they still refer to as "telework") to the "maximum extent possible".

And, a new study from the Telework Research Network outlines the benefits to small and medium-sized businesses in letting their workers work from home.

Here are some highlights of the study..."

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Source: Chuck Newton Rides the Third Wave, 24 July 2010. Reproduced with permission of the author.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on July 26, 2010 (boomark / email).