Sustel teleworking and sustainable development paper (note: this link will download a large word document)
This paper was prepared as the first output of the European Union-financed SUSTEL project. The project is focused on the relationship between teleworking and sustainable development. It is widely believed that teleworking can make a substantial contribution to sustainable growth by:
Assisting economic development, for example, through increasing staff productivity and enabling better utilisation of office space.
Assisting the social objectives of sustainable development by, for example, reducing the stress often associated with travel and balancing work with family life, or by providing work opportunities to those who might otherwise be excluded, such as the disabled or people looking after children or elderly relatives.
Future Law Office: Going Virtual
http://www.prismlegal.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=53
Lawyers usually think that all the trappings of traditional firm office space are essential to practicing law and serving clients. This certainly seemed true in the past, and maybe it is still true. But maybe not. Think of all the tools and resources for going virtual that are at our disposal today. We know how they enable us to do our work when we are on the road. What about when we are off the road?
Case studies of flexible work
http://www.flexibility.co.uk/cases/index.htm
A set of case studies from the British Flexibility web site including: Case study - flexible barristers' chambers
This case study from Swiftwork is of a work-life balance flexible working implementation in a very traditional setting.
Case Study: Telework at Nortel NetworksWe present a case study - both corporate and personal - of teleworking at a company that has some 12, 000 teleworkers. It's kind of comforting when people who want to get the rest of us to be more flexible do it themselves, and on such a grand scale. Kind of like architects who live in houses they've built, or physicians who heal themselves, perhaps.
Case studies in "sustainable telework"
How sustainable is telework? We report on the first findings of a European project that is measuring the economic, environmental and social benefits of telework. Includes particular focus on BT (British telecom) and BAA (British Airports Authority) at Heathrow Thurso Contact Centre. There's a short case study on outsourcing in our interview with Iain Herbertson, about the pioneering contact centre at Thurso, in the far north of Scotland.
Teleworking in the sun: the Crete telework Network
Want to go on holiday - but also stay effectively in touch? The Crete telework Network may have the answer.
From the archive this - former UK MP and former party leader Paddy Ashdown writes about how teleworking helped him to be more effective in his work
The benefits of a homeworker
http://www.idea-knowledge.gov.uk/idk/aio/286791 This initiative allows Housing and Council Tax benefit staff to work from their own home by linking to a high-profile service that assesses and calculates 30,000 Housing and Council Tax benefit forms. This project has positive outcomes for both the organisation and the member of staff.
TELEWORK WORKS: A Compendium of Success Stories
http://www.opm.gov/studies/FINAL-TELEWRK.htm Since its inception in 1990 as a US Federal pilot project, telework, also known as telecommuting and flexiplace, has become an important tool in the array of work/life programs. Its original goals were to save energy, improve air quality, reduce congestion and stress on our roads and bridges, and enhance the quality of family-friendly and other initiatives for Federal workers. The experience with having employees work in locations other than the office, namely, in their homes or a telecenter, has been successful in many agencies, encompassing a wide variety of jobs and work situations.
Canadian Case Studies in Teleworking
http://www.ivc.ca/casestudies_Canada.html Case studies and information about Telework by the Canadian Telework Association.
Making Your Case for Telecommuting: How to Convince the Boss
http://www.quintcareers.com/telecommuting_options.htmlArticle on the Quintessential Career's web site
Euro-Telework
http://www.telework-mirti.org/background/background.htm Resources and case studies
A Guide to Creating and Managing a Flexible Workplace
http://www.isd.toshiba.com.au/sig/sigguide.html Australian guide for HR managers
Australian Telework Advisory Committee (ATAC)
Background & details of that (including the full ATAC report) can be found at http://www.archive.dcita.gov.au/2007/11/australian_telework_advisory_committee
In brief, ATAC's fundamental recommendation was that Government should encourage the growth of telework, in order to further enable associated benefits to business, government and the community. ATAC developed six proposed actions designed to realise these objectives:
