Federal Government endorses working from home
I love to see this kind of attention from the top. Wednesday, the White House hosted a forum on Workplace Flexibility. This is really good news. I have long been an advocate of providing flexible schedules for workers. Besides, taking care of children, the workforce of today needs to be able to care for ailing family members, save gas and as the article points out, avoid bad weather. The east coast got hammered this year by bad weather and if became obvious that for the companies that had teleworking systems in order, they were the ones that prospered.
You can read the full article here, American companies need to embrace teleworking
Also, a new report by the Council of Economic Advisors, illustrating the importance of work-life balance in our workforce