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Could You Telecommute From Italy?

On The Job

If you think you have a pretty sweet deal because you're allowed to work from home one or two days a week, consider the arrangement Barry Frangipane managed to make with his employer. He worked for 13 months telecommuting from Venic -- no, not Venice, Calif., Frangipane and his wife took Italian classes while they were there.

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Work flexibility: Unconventional arrangements are here to stay

BMT Office Administration

As time passed, however, Molly started noticing the positives of telecommuting. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) notes that flexible work arrangements include a variety of different alternative work schedules and programs to promote work-life balance. Flexible schedule.

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Does local income tax withholding follow the wages or the person?

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So they sued the city in three separate class actions. On the other hand, your permanent telecommuters will be subject to their municipality’s income taxes, which means you must register as an employer and withhold. appeared first on Business Management Daily. The city of Jackson levies a 0.5%

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27 Ways to Re-Energize Your Career Without Changing Jobs

Eat Your Career

Telecommute. Take a class, read a book, or simply offer to work on a task that stretches you beyond your current abilities. Evaluate long-term career goals, discuss them with management and develop a concrete plan for achieving them. Business travel is something that many people enjoy. Others simply can’t stand it.

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Working From Home a Challenge

On The Job

But should I finally manage to contain the four-legged animals, the two-legged ones soon take up the challenge. Tags: interruptions working from home telecommuting. There are a lot of things I don’t know for sure in this life. It begins with breathing. They know I can hear them breathing. del.icio.us.

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Is It a Curse -- or Blessing -- To be a Remote Worker?

On The Job

Those who manage such workers gripe they have a difficult time keeping track of the worker's progress or performance. Fay also says some companies haven't set up a way to communicate consistently with remote workers, such as weekly phone calls with managers or Skype interactions with co-workers. People still need to have contact."

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Not o make this a rant or anything but I know 3 guys who manage to finish school due to having help from others and they can't find work. Hardworking college educated middle class folks are becoming impoverished, starving, unemployed homeless people because millionaires wanted to become billionaires in this country.

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