### employment:

Telecommuting
* allows a state employee to work outside the capitol
  - companies to consolidate office space
  - employees to work in offsite locations via computers and telephone lines
  - one to expand the borders for recruiting or employment
* also can ease personal crisis situations
  - helps our communities
  - increases productivity and business flexibility
  - raises issues of fairness
  - represents the mobile workforce
  - tests workers' ability to draw a firm line between family and work
* are employment.
* by-product of technology, too.
* can be a cost saver for employers
  - cut automobile emissions and road congestion
  - eliminate the stress and discomfort of the commute
  - encompass a wide variety of types of work, corporate cultures and job demands
  - help balance work and family demands
  - isolate workers from their co-workers
  - occur in many different forms
  - put a strain on family members
  - reduce peak-period commuting travel, and thus help reduce congestion
  - sometimes cause managers to be overwhelmed with trust and control issues
* commute choice quickly rising in popularity with both employees and employers.
* complete change in lifestyle.
* decreases absenteeism because it allows flexible scheduling of work.
* different way of doing work.
* enables firms to recruit from a greater resource pool.
* form of teleworking.
* generally means wearing many hats.
* growing segment of the job market, especially for contract programmers.
* has the potential to stem the growth in auto travel.
* helps an organization reduce their costs.
* holds the potential for increasing quality of life by decreasing employees commutes.
* increases the quantity and the quality of the workers product.
* involves both transportation and communication
  - hard work, dedication and adjustment
* is also a mechanism for recruiting persons with disabilities
  - on the rise as an option that allows people to work effectively from home
* is an idea whose time has come for the nonprofit sector, many say
  - is now
* is another manifestation of information technology's location independence
  - name for working at home
  - applicable for jobs that can be performed at least part-time away from the office
  - created when an employer decides that an employee can work from home
  - legal everywhere in the United States and growing employment trend
  - one method of reducing drive-alone rates
  - seen as a way of improving one's quality of life
  - simply a change in work location for part of the work week
* is the gateway to a garden where the seeds of new businesses are planted
  - hot wave of the future in the working world
  - practice of working from home via modern telecommunications equipment
  - substitution of commuting with telecommunications
  - way of the future
  - working at an alternative work-site
* makes it easier to combine family and work responsibilities.
* means being attached to a real-life office by phone, modem or computer network
  - kids get replaced with offices
  - managing by results instead of by observation
  - transporting work to the worker rather than the worker to the workplace
* means working at home
  - outside the traditional office
* new term used to describe the modern way of working from home.
* occurs in large and small companies, and in public and private organizations.
* offers environmental advantages as a byproduct of economic and technological growth.
* paradigm shift in thinking about the workplace and supervision.
* provides benefits for both workers and employers
  - that extend beyond the workplace
  - more family and leisure time by reducing time spent commuting
* reduces traffic and the resulting hazards that unnecessary traffic causes.
* refers to working in one's home instead of going to the office to work.
* saves employees time, cost, and stress of the work commute.
* strategy that can be employed in both rural and urban areas.
* varies from working a few days per week from home to working all the time from home.
* vital catalyst in the process of entrepreneurship and job creation.
* way of life.
* way to bring the job to the person rather than the person to the job
  - keep valuable employees who opt for the quality lane