Each week, I contribute dozens of salary and business articles to a variety of Web properties. Here are some of my favorite posts from this week. * We have long known that men have out-earned women for decades, but did you know that there are actually some fields in which women...
Should your office institute "Work From Home" Fridays? According to this infographic by Splashtop, yes. Office employees who work from home report a 10 to 20 percent increase in productivity on the days in which they telecommute, and 36 percent of employees say they'd rather have...
Telework Week 2012 takes place between March 5 and March 9 -- is your office planning to participate? The initiative is a joint effort between Cisco and the Telework Exchange; it aims to help workers save commuting costs and lessen commuters' impact on the environment by encouraging them to...
It's no secret that working remotely has unlocked unparalleled levels of productivity for me. This CreditDonkey infographic asks a simple question: Is telecommuting for you? While just 3 million U.S. workers are based at home on a full-time basis, 20 to 30 million professionals work from home...
Nearly 1 in 5 workers telecommute regularly, and about 10 percent work from home on a daily basis, according to an Ipsos/Reuters poll of 11,383 employed individuals in 24 countries. The exact figures vary from region to region: over half of respondents in India have a home-based job,...
Most brick-and-mortar workspaces don't actively incentivize employees to stay away, but the Plantronics office design enables and encourages telecommuting. The wireless headset manufacturer's Santa Cruz, Calif. headquarters has enough workspaces for between 60 percent and 70 percent of its employees, and there isn't an...
